using System; using System.Threading; namespace ConsoleAppDotNet { class Program { static void Main() { string input = Console.ReadLine(); if (input == null) return; input = input.Trim(); if (input == string.Empty) return; // Pretend to do some work. Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)); // Return JSON. Console.Write("{{\"Input\": \"{0}\", \"Output\":\"blah!\"}}", input); } } }