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krishna_v
krishna_v

Reputation: 1511

routing not working - Webapi ASP.NET

I have a mvc application with an index page(static html) under the Home view. I could view the page. The routeconfig is :

routes.MapRoute(
                name: "Default",
                url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );

I am adding a WebAPI controller and am trying to invoke the Get.

public class TopicsController : ApiController
    {
         public string Get()
        {
            return "Hello WebAPI";
        }

    }

The route config in Webapi is :

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

Added the application start function :

protected void Application_Start()
        {
            AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();


            FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
            RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
            WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
            BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
        }

When i try the following:

http://localhost:11001/api/Topics

I am getting the following error:

Not found :( Sorry, but the page you were trying to view does not exist.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 701

Answers (2)

Matias Ribichich
Matias Ribichich

Reputation: 140

Take a look at the default project from visual studio, you will notice that the order you add the routes is very important, because 'api/topics' algo matches the mvc route, that is why it tells you that it doesn't exist, because you don't have a 'api' controller.

Change it to this:

AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);

leave the rest like you have it

EDIT:

Updated the answer to reflect the WebAPI version from the question.

But in the last version of WebAPI:

WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);

should be:

GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);

Upvotes: 2

Roman Marusyk
Roman Marusyk

Reputation: 24619

Try to change registration order in Global.asax

AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);

Upvotes: 1

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