If you encounter server errors such as HTTP 500 error, you can first try to find out if the Web APIs can run at all in the development environment.
Step 1: Go to the Web APIs location.
You will first need to go to the location where the Web APIs' binaries are located. For example:
and open a Console window based on here.
You can usually do this by Shift + Clicking on an empty region of the window:
It might be different in your system.
Step 2: Set the ASP.NET Core environment to Development.
Depending on the Command Line Interface you're using you might have to do this differently:
CMD.EXE
set ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Development
PowerShell
$Env:ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT = "Development"
Step 3: Run the Web APIs.
Run the following command in the same CLI window:
.\ServerAPIs.exe
The Web APIs will start to launch.
If the application terminates abruptly, observe the output and look for the error that caused this and address it.
