Simple local nuget repository cheat sheet, create/add/list/search/install and uninstall packages

NugetRepository.cs

/* Simple example to use a few nuget core functions to manage a local repository
 * 
 * Example needs System.Windows.Forms reference, as well as Nuget.Core nuget reference.
 * 
 */

using NuGet;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Nuget.PackageSearchTest
{

    
    class Program
    {
        [STAThread()]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string myLocalRepositoryPath = @"D:\\nuget_repo_test\\";
            string myPackageInstallFolder = @"D:\\nuget_install_test\\";

            /* If folder does not exist it will do nothing until you try to add something into it, 
             * it will only create directories when the first package gets added
             */
            IPackageRepository localRepository = PackageRepositoryFactory.Default.CreateRepository(myLocalRepositoryPath);


            OpenFileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog();

            if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                string packagePath = dlg.FileName;

                /*nupkg is set as zip package, create one and add to repository */
                ZipPackage zipPackage = new ZipPackage(packagePath);
                localRepository.AddPackage(zipPackage);
            }

            //This allows to get all packages in your repository
            IQueryable<IPackage> allPackagesQuery = localRepository.GetPackages();


            List<IPackage> allPackages = allPackagesQuery.ToList();

            //Display all packages info
            Console.WriteLine("All packages");
            foreach (IPackage package in allPackages)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(package.Id);
            }


            //Search for a package
            string searchPackageID = "SharpDX";

            //If you need a specific version, pass null otherwise
            VersionSpec version = new VersionSpec(new SemanticVersion(4, 0, 1, "", ""));

            bool allowPreRelease = false;

            bool allowUnlisted = false;

            Console.WriteLine("All packages");
            List<IPackage> searchPackageResult = localRepository.FindPackages(searchPackageID, version, allowPreRelease, allowUnlisted).ToList();
            foreach (IPackage package in searchPackageResult)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(package.Id);
            }

            bool ignoreDependencies = true;

            //Install a package
            PackageManager packageManager = new PackageManager(localRepository, myPackageInstallFolder);
            packageManager.InstallPackage(searchPackageResult[0], ignoreDependencies, allowPreRelease);

            //Uninstall a package (note, this obviously might fail is some dlls are in use)
            packageManager.UninstallPackage(searchPackageResult[0]);
        }
    }
}