Creating a SplineExtrude in C#

I am making a script to generate a spline dynamically; this part works, and the Spline is created and goes through the defined points smoothly.

However, my ultimate goal is to create a pipe (actually to have three concentric with different colour pipes) following this spline. But I cannot manage to create the extrude part. I am getting the error Spline Extrude does not have a valid SplineContainer set. even if I added my SplineExtrude to my SplineContainer. Here is my code:

    foreach (string ppl in pplList)
    {
        // pipes is a list of empty GameObject.
        pipes[ppl].transform.parent = transform;
        pipes[ppl].name = "Spline-" + currentNodeNumber + "-" + nextNodeNumber + "_" + ppl;

        var container = pipes[ppl].AddComponent<SplineContainer>();
        var spline = container.Spline;

        spline.Add(new BezierKnot(startNode.position), TangentMode.AutoSmooth);
        spline.Add(new BezierKnot(new float3(0f, 2f, 0f)), TangentMode.AutoSmooth); // temp
        spline.Add(new BezierKnot(endNode.position), TangentMode.AutoSmooth);

        //var extrude = pipes[ppl].AddComponent<SplineExtrude>();
        var extrude = container.AddComponent<SplineExtrude>();
        extrude.Radius = 1;
        extrude.SegmentsPerUnit = 20;
        extrude.Sides = 20;

        //SplineMesh.Extrude(spline, new Mesh(), 1, 20, 20, false);

        break; // temp (testing only one pipe first)
    }      
}

I mostly based my code on the API documentation. But I couldn’t find an example about the Extrude part. How should I connect the SplineExtrude to the SplineContainer?

Thanks in advance.

I found a solution by doing it this way:

var meshFilter = pipes[ppl].AddComponent<MeshFilter>();
// Add a material to the cylinder with the specified color and transparency
Material cylinderMaterial = new Material(Shader.Find("Standard"));
Color color = Color.red;
cylinderMaterial.color = new Color(color.r, color.g, color.b, 0);
var render = pipes[ppl].AddComponent<MeshRenderer>();
render.material = cylinderMaterial;       

Mesh generatedMesh = new Mesh();
SplineMesh.Extrude(spline, generatedMesh, diameter / 2.0f, 20, 20, false);
meshFilter.mesh = generatedMesh;