// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline. public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env) { if (env.IsDevelopment()) { app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage(); } else { app.UseExceptionHandler("/AwesomeTweets/Error"); app.UseHsts(); } using (var scope = app.ApplicationServices.CreateScope()) { var services = scope.ServiceProvider; var context = services.GetRequiredService <TweetContext>(); //load the data into the database TweetContext.DownloadTweets(context); } app.UseHttpsRedirection(); app.UseStaticFiles(); app.UseCookiePolicy(); app.UseMvc(routes => { routes.MapRoute( name: "default", template: "{controller=AwesomeTweets}/{action=Index}/{id?}"); }); }