Could not load file or assembly Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions

In this azure tutorial, we will discuss how to fix the error, Could not load file or assembly Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions. This error I got while running an Azure function dependency Injection project using the Visual Studio 2019 in my local machine.

Could not load file or assembly Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions

I have an Azure Function project where I am trying to implement the Dependency Injection as well. I have referred to Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions assembly to the project by installing that from the Nuget Package following the below steps

Right-click on the Project —> Manage Nuget Packages and then search for Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions and then click on the Install button.

Could not load file or assembly Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions
could not load file or assembly ‘microsoft.extensions.dependencyinjection.abstractions

Then i clicked on the I Accept button from the below pop up to accept the License acceptance.

could not load file or assembly 'microsoft.extensions.dependencyinjection
could not load file or assembly ‘microsoft.extensions.logging.abstractions

Now it installed the Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions assembly sucessfully.

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions, Version=3.1.7.0, Culture=neutral
system.private.corelib: could not load file or assembly ‘microsoft.extensions.logging.abstractions

Then when I tried running my Azure Function project, I got the error Could not load file or assembly Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions.

Could not load file or assembly Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions Version3.1.7.0 Cultureneutral PublicKeyToken 1
could not load file or assembly microsoft.extensions.dependencyinjection.abstractions

The exact error message was

A host error has occurred during startup operation ‘e21f9c18-d1ee-4116-8397-67e3017cf895’.
[8/16/2020 7:32:44 AM] TsinfoEmployeCheck: Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions, Version=3.1.7.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60’. The system cannot find the file specified. System.Private.CoreLib: Could not load the specified file.

Could not load file or assembly Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions [Solved]

Now to fix this issue, I have followed the below steps

The first thing I have done is, I have uninstalled the Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions assembly. Click on the Uninstall button to uninstall the Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions assembly.

Azure functions dependency injection - error when referencing class library
a host error has occurred during startup operation

Install Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions assembly instead of Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions assembly. Search for the Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions and then click on the install button to install the assembly. Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions assembly references to the Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection. Abstractions package also.

Could not load file or assembly
microsoft.extensions.dependencyinjection.abstractions

After I installed the Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions package, I can able to run the Azure Functions project successfully without any issue.

Here is my Azure function code

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs;
using Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.Http;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System.Linq;

namespace TsinfoEmployeCheck
{
    public  class Function2
    {
        private readonly IEmployeeService employeeService;
        public Function2(IEmployeeService employeeService)
        {
            this.employeeService = employeeService;
        }
        [FunctionName("TsinfoEmployeCheck
")]
        public  async Task<IActionResult> Run(
            [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Function, "get", "post", Route = null)] HttpRequest req,
            ILogger log)
        {
            log.LogInformation("C# HTTP trigger function processed a request.");

           
            string empemail123 = req.Query["EmailID"];

            string requestBody = await new StreamReader(req.Body).ReadToEndAsync();
            dynamic data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(requestBody);
            empemail123 = empemail123 ?? data?.empemail123;

           
        string response = employeeService.EmployeeEmail(empemail123);
                return response == "Valid EmailID"
                ? (ActionResult)new OkObjectResult($"TSINFO Valid Employee belongs to TSINFO")
                : new BadRequestObjectResult("Invalid Employee.Not belongs to the TSINFO");

          
        }
    }
}

Now, when I tried running the project, I can able to run the project successfully with out any issue.

could not load file or assembly 'microsoft.extensions.dependencyinjection.abstractions
could not load file or assembly ‘microsoft.extensions.configuration.abstractions

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Conclusion

Well, in this article, we discussed how to fix the error Could not load file or assembly Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions that I got while trying to run my Azure Function project after referring the Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions assembly to the project. Hope it will help to fix your issue !!!.

1 thought on “Could not load file or assembly Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions”

  1. I am receiving Could not load runtime error for the same assembly but with version 5.0.0.0.
    Error:
    A host error has occurred during startup operation…
    Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60’. The system cannot find the file specified.

    I followed your suggestion of uninstalling Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions and installing Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions. However my error remains. Looking at the referenced DLLs in ILSpy, I found Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Extensions actually references an older version of Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions, version 2.1.0.0.

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