Using SignalR 2 in ASP.NET 5 application

Question

SignalR 3 and ASP.NET 5 were working together nicely up until the beta7 version. Now Microsoft states that SignalR 3 is 'on hold', and one should not expect the two to work together in the near future:

https://github.com/aspnet/SignalR-Server/issues/119

https://github.com/aspnet/SignalR-Server/issues/121

So the question: is there a way to make at least SignalR 2 work in an ASP.NET 5 app?

Answer 1

Found the general solution for using owin-compatible middleware in this article: https://lbadri.wordpress.com/2014/11/01/asp-net-vnext-middleware-versus-owinkatana-middleware/

1. Reference the Microsoft.AspNet.Owin package
2. Insert the following code into Startup.Configure:

app.UseOwin(addToPipeline =>
{
    addToPipeline(next =>
    {
        var appBuilder = new AppBuilder();
        appBuilder.Properties["builder.DefaultApp"] = next;

        appBuilder.MapSignalR();

        return appBuilder.Build<AppFunc>();
    });
});