Execute .bat through a webapi call?

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Is it possible to execute .bat through a WebAPI call?
I created a Windows Service. Then I created several .bat files to install, uninstall, start, or stop the service.
Now I want to use a WebAPI call to run a .bat file.

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Execute .bat through a WebAPI call?

Posted 11-Sep-23 3:54am

s yu

Updated 12-Sep-23 8:24am

Deeksha Shenoy

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PIEBALDconsult 11-Sep-23 10:05am

One hopes not.
More detail is required.

Richard MacCutchan 11-Sep-23 10:10am

Maybe, but what would it be used for?
Actually, there is a simple way to find the answer to such a question.

s yu 11-Sep-23 10:13am

Please provide additional details. Thanks.

Richard MacCutchan 11-Sep-23 10:17am

Details of what? I have no idea what you are trying to do.

s yu 11-Sep-23 10:19am

What's your proposed "Simple Way"?

Richard MacCutchan 11-Sep-23 11:51am

This is your question: "Now I want to use a WebAPI call to run a .bat file."
So the obvious answer is: try it yourself to see what happens.

Dave Kreskowiak 11-Sep-23 12:02pm

Where are the batch files stored? On the client or the server? What do these batch files do? Are they supposed to do something on the client or the server?

What do you mean by "through a WebAPI call"? Are these batch files supposed to be executed ON the client or the server? Are they supposed to be executed BY the client or the server?

Without answers to ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS, it is impossible to give you any kind of an accurate answer.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2023-09-11T06:22:00

Probably not: Your API code will be running on your server, not on your client - so any .BAT file will also execute on the server, not the client. And regardless of what the file does, the server has no way to access executables on the client computer for security reasons.

And if you want the BAT file to run on the server, execute it directly from your server code ... you don't need an API for that!