start building basic console

WeatherDashboard.Console/Program.cs

@@ -1,2 +1,24 @@
-// See https://aka.ms/new-console-template for more information
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
-Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+
+var builder = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args);
+
+builder.ConfigureAppConfiguration(config => 
+{
+    config.AddJsonFile("settings.json");
+});
+
+builder.ConfigureServices(services => 
+{
+    services.AddHttpClient();
+});
+
+var app = builder.Build();
+
+var configuration = app.Services.GetService<IConfiguration>();
+var httpClientFactory = app.Services.GetService<IHttpClientFactory>();
+
+var httpClient = httpClientFactory.CreateClient();
+var apiUrl = configuration["ApiUrl"];
+

WeatherDashboard.Console/WeatherDashboard.Console.csproj

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http" Version="7.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

WeatherDashboard.Console/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "ApiUrl": "https://weather.binarydad.com/api"
+}