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Dean
Dean

Reputation: 4594

Create empty asp.net web application, add a web api controller class... now what?

This is my first attempt at using the asp.net web api.

I've tried running it in debug mode but I'm not sure what to browse to. Can I just drop a url in my browser or do I have to create a special http get request with fancy headers or something? I just want to see that my web api controller is returning a list of stuff when I browse to it.

Any help/guidance is appreciated.

Note: I'm not using MVC, it's just an empty web application with a web api controller class added to it.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2047

Answers (2)

Dean
Dean

Reputation: 4594

I needed to add the following usings to my global.asax file

using System.Web.Routing;
using System.Web.Http;

and then add:

protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    RouteTable.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
        name: "API Default",
        routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
        defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
    );
}

Thanks marco709394 for pointing me in the right direction and Habib for making the sensible suggestion to just create a new web api project - but unfortunately I'm required to add web api to an existing asp.net 4.0 web application.

Upvotes: 1

marco709394
marco709394

Reputation: 41

You can just simply browse to the url corresponding to your controller for a get request

Upvotes: 0

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