{"id":5081,"date":"2024-03-14T02:21:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T02:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-use-signalr-in-c\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T18:42:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:42:50","slug":"how-do-you-use-signalr-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-use-signalr-in-c\/","title":{"rendered":"SignalR C# Tutorial: Quick Start Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SignalR is a library for real-time web applications that enables real-time communication between clients and servers. In C#, using SignalR involves the following steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To use the SignalR library, you first need to reference it through the NuGet package manager. You can do this by right-clicking on the project in Visual Studio, selecting Manage NuGet Packages, searching for SignalR, and installing it.<\/li>\n<li>Create SignalR Hub: Create a SignalR Hub class that inherits from the Hub class. 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