ASP.NET 4.6 WEB API, Not serving static files(.js, .css) IIS express visual studio

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I have been looking over the web and still no luck, hence why I am asking. I have a WEB API 4.6 project that will also be home to an angularjs2 application, I have set up to use static files like this:

 var physicalFileSystem = new PhysicalFileSystem(@".\wwwroot\");
        var options = new FileServerOptions
        {
            EnableDefaultFiles = true,
            FileSystem = physicalFileSystem,
        };
        var contentTypes = new FileExtensionContentTypeProvider();

        options.StaticFileOptions.FileSystem = physicalFileSystem;
        options.StaticFileOptions.ServeUnknownFileTypes = true;
        options.StaticFileOptions.ContentTypeProvider = contentTypes;
        options.DefaultFilesOptions.DefaultFileNames = new[] { "index.html" };
        options.EnableDirectoryBrowsing = true;
        app.UseFileServer(options);

index.html is served, when index.html tries to fetch all the files(.css.js) a 404 error shows up in the console. I have enabled directory browsing and I see that the files are there.

Just curious! why would you need above code for handling the static files ? The MVC project that I run does have a MVC application, WebAPI endpoints and Angular JS static files. Everything seem to work without above code. — David Chelliah
– David Chelliah, Commented Jun 5, 2016 at 22:30
i am not using mvc, i have a separete project for the angularjs2 and i only want to have a build of it under wwwroot — Rafael Valle
– Rafael Valle, Commented Jun 5, 2016 at 22:49

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:34:00Z

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I found that my code works well, I had to just add the following code to my web.config file.

<system.webServer>
<handlers>
  <remove name="StaticFile"/>
  <add name="Owin" verb="" path="*" type="Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.OwinHttpHandler, Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb"/>
</handlers>

found the answer here. I believe this could be marked as a duplicate or deleted.

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:34

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answered Jun 5, 2016 at 23:27

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David Chelliah Over a year ago

Are you on Asp.Net 5/ core?

Rafael Valle Over a year ago

No, I am using 4.6.

sec0ndHand · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-20 22:08:31Z

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Instead of using OWIN you can accomplish your goal of serving static files from ~/wwwroot with a web.config setting (URL rewrite) found here.

answered Oct 20, 2017 at 22:08

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