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Can't get Web API 2 to work

Johan Alkstål

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Trying to get Web API working but I'm just getting 404s no matter what I do.

// Global.asax

GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);

// WebApiConfig.cs

public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
  config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
}

// ApiController in directory /ApiControllers

[RoutePrefix("api/requestpassword")]
public class RequestPasswordController : ApiController
{
  [Route("")]
  public HttpResponseMessage Get()
  {
    return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
  }
}

// Request is localhost:37001/api/requestpassword GET

Any ideas? I'm all out...

#78941

Dec 05, 2013 11:44

Jeroen Stemerdink

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Looks like the route is empty?

e.g.: [Route("customers/{customerId}/orders")]

See: http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/web-api-routing-and-actions/attribute-routing-in-web-api-2

#78958

Dec 05, 2013 15:46

Tobias Gladh

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Having similar issue. Any Solution for this?

#111685

Oct 17, 2014 13:55

Erik Nordin Wahlberg

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And a little bump. Had it working, then after a conflict it stopped working. Did you find out what the problem was?

#119918

Apr 07, 2015 15:01

Erik Nordin Wahlberg

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A restart of VS and suddenly it worked again....

#119919

Apr 07, 2015 15:18

valdis

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Which version of .Net are you using?

#120019

Apr 08, 2015 22:02

Marcus Lindblom

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I don't know if this is the issue but if you are using System.Web.Mvc.RoutePrefix and System.Web.Mvc.Route instead of System.Web.Http.RoutePrefix System.Web.Http.Route the routes will not be registered for your ApiControllers. So, check your attributes and then it should work just fine.

/Marcus

#120080

Apr 09, 2015 23:18

Henrik Fransas

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Like Marcus is saying, it is important to add routes the right way, that is descibed in the linked document

This adds a normal default route

routes.MapRoute(name: "api", url: "api/{controller}/{action}", defaults: new { controller = "Login", action = "index" });

and this adds a default route for webapi

routes.MapHttpRoute(name: "API Default",routeTemplate: "webapi/{controller}/{id}",defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional });

#120086

Apr 10, 2015 7:40

valdis

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ok, my 2 cents ;) We discovered in our projects, that 4.5.1 and episerver and webapi somehow didn't play well together.. routing was not working

#120089

Apr 10, 2015 7:51

Henrik Fransas

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Interesting Valdis, we are using WebApi2 in a 8.1 project with MVC5 and it seems to work fine

#120091

Apr 10, 2015 8:17

Erik Nordin Wahlberg

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We're using .NET 4.5.1. I switched to IIS Express and it started working, then switched back to regular IIS and it worked. A bit spooky, but I'm happy... :)

#120094

Apr 10, 2015 8:52

valdis

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Erik, originally - when you where on IIS with 4.5.1 - it didn't work? You switched to express, then back - and it started to work?

#120098

Apr 10, 2015 9:43

Erik Nordin Wahlberg

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Valdis, it worked first. But "suddenly" it stopped working (TFS conflicts, EPiServer updates etc). When switching to IIS Express and started to work, and switching back it worked again. Still havent figured out what the problem was, and I will not try to unless it happens again. :) Haven't changed .NET Framework during the process.

#120099

Apr 10, 2015 9:49

Allan Thraen

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I've had a similar problem - I wanted to extend the new ServiceAPI with my own additional services - and added them using attribute routing - and no matter what I did, it simply wouldn't work...

Then, after updating my project to .NET 4.5.2 it started working all of a sudden (before it was 4.5.1). If it's the updated .NET or just the included reboot and restart that made it work I don't know.

#120344

Apr 15, 2015 14:11

Vincent

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Hi Henrik

In your second route registration, do you intentionally exclude the "action" from the template? Is there any specific reason?

Thanks,

Vincent

#144620

Feb 16, 2016 11:35

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