Automated statistics gathering from C# applications

Question

I have made a C# application , now I want to create custom survey (actually sending data automatically to me, about - crashes , usage duration etc.) to enhance my application .

How can I do it ?

Answer 1

You may do this:

1. Host a REST service at your server, the common way is to add a WebAPI controller in ASP.NET MVC project.
2. On the client application create a System.Threading.Timer instance and set desired schedule to send the statistics. Or just send them each time user starts your application.
3. Send statistics to your REST service using WebClient/HttpClient.

Tutorials:

Get Started with ASP.NET Web API 2 (C#)

Call a Web API From a .NET Client (C#)