Run addins without Revit

[drewj]

Please dont flame me if you consider this a silly question (I have a feeling it is, and its due to my lack of programming expertise)

Can you run an addin or something eimilar without Revit? for example, could I use the code I have generated in my Revit Addin for a web service?

I am thinking the user would upload a file and then the addin (running as a cloud service) would investigate the uploaded file, or make changes to it or whatever.

Am I way off base with the possibility of this? I didnt really know what to search so I dont even know if this has been covered in the past. Doesn it require building as something different than a class for example?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated 🙂

Drew

[mikako_harada · Accepted solution]

Hi Drew, 

"no". "addin" means it requires host application; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_(computing) 

[drewj]

Thanks! That saved me a bunch of time trying to figure it out

drew