https://v1-18.docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/sdks/dotnet/dotnet-cryptography/Recent content in Dapr Cryptography .NET SDK on Dapr DocsHugoenhttps://v1-18.docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/sdks/dotnet/dotnet-cryptography/dotnet-cryptography-usage/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://v1-18.docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/sdks/dotnet/dotnet-cryptography/dotnet-cryptography-usage/<p>The Dapr Cryptography package allows you to perform encryption and decryption operations provided by the Dapr sidecar.</p> <h2 id="lifetime-management">Lifetime management</h2> <p>A <code>DaprEncryptionClient</code> is a version of the Dapr client that is dedicated to interacting with the Dapr Cryptography API. It can be registered alongside a <code>DaprClient</code> and other Dapr clients without issue.</p> <p>It maintains access to networking resources in the form of TCP sockets used to communicate with the Dapr sidecar.</p>https://v1-18.docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/sdks/dotnet/dotnet-cryptography/dotnet-cryptography-howto/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://v1-18.docs.dapr.io/developing-applications/sdks/dotnet/dotnet-cryptography/dotnet-cryptography-howto/<h2 id="prerequisites">Prerequisites</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0">.NET 8</a>, <a href="https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/9.0">.NET 9</a>, or <a href="https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/10.0">.NET 10</a> installed</li> <li><a href="https://docs.dapr.io/getting-started/install-dapr-cli/">Dapr CLI</a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.dapr.io/getting-started/install-dapr-selfhost">Initialized Dapr environment</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="installation">Installation</h2> <p>To get started with the Dapr Cryptography client, install the <a href="https://www.nuget.org/packages/Dapr.Cryptography">Dapr.Cryptography package</a> from NuGet:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-sh" data-lang="sh"><span style="display:flex;"><span>dotnet add package Dapr.Cryptography </span></span></code></pre></div><p>A <code>DaprEncryptionClient</code> maintains access to networking resources in the form of TCP sockets used to communicate with the Dapr sidecar.</p> <h3 id="dependency-injection">Dependency Injection</h3> <p>The <code>AddDaprEncryptionClient()</code> method will register the Dapr client with dependency injection and is the recommended approach for using this package. This method accepts an optional options delegate for configuring the <code>DaprEncryptionClient</code> and a <code>ServiceLifetime</code> argument, allowing you to specify a different lifetime for the registered services instead of the default <code>Singleton</code> value.</p>