Web Api in MVC4 project cannot Access API Controller

Question

I have an MVC4 project with many controllers. I added an API controller called BatchDetailsController in the root directory of the project.

I also created a WebApiConfig class as below:

 public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
        {
            // Web API configuration and services
            // Configure Web API to use only bearer token authentication.

            // Web API routes
            config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

            config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
                name: "DefaultApi",
                routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
                defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
            );
        }

I also invoke the above register method from global.asax as

  WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);

in Application_Start

Now I have tried to access the controller by using then URLs
/BatchDetails
/api/BatchDetails
/BatchDetails/Get
/api/BatchDetails/Get

All of them return 404

What is the URL I need to use in this case?

Mike Beeler · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-10 16:55:28Z

0

for example when using visual studio to debug/host the project the url would be http://localhost:port/api/BatchDetals/{method}

Right click on the project and see if IIS express is selected and note the port number. The project should come up via run/f5 in visual studio at the Project URL.

If not I would re-install IIS8 express.

Visual Studio Project Settings

edited Apr 10, 2015 at 16:55

answered Apr 6, 2015 at 20:11

Mike Beeler

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3 Comments

Mike Beeler Over a year ago

where is the project hosted (visual studio cassini?) IIS express other?

Anwar Ul-haq Over a year ago

Add HttpGet attribute on BatchDetails method and try localhost:50130/api/BatchDetails

Mike Beeler Over a year ago

See related stackoverflow.com/questions/16944947/…

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