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How ASP.NET Core Serves Static Content

This article explains how static content is served in ASP.NET Core.

Static File Middleware

ASP.NET Core provides Static File Middleware to serve static content. To enable it, add the following code to the Configure method in startup.cs.

app.UseStaticFiles();

All static files in a web application should be placed in the wwwroot folder

Consider the following HTML file: -

The following output is generated when the HTML file is requested.

After commenting out the static file middleware, observe the output.

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