XML documentation not found when publishing a .Net Framework web API?

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I scratched my head over this one for a few hours. I followed Microsoft's tutorial on adding API documentation. That all worked as expected on my local machine, but when published to my production IIS server, I got an error saying the XmlDocument.xml could not be found.

Yosef Bernal · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-02 15:49:14Z

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Although enabling the "XML documentation file" checkbox in the project properties > build > output section does create the file, it does not add it to the project for some reason. That's why the App_Data folder in my solution explorer was empty.

The solution is simple. Right-click on the App_Data folder and select the add existing item option. Select the generated XML documentation file in the "App_Data" folder of your project's build location. Publish again.

I hope someone can find this useful.

answered Jun 2, 2020 at 15:49

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