I am learning Web API and have added an API Controller in my asp.net mvc5 web project, I am constantly getting resource not found error. The project is building successfully. Please point out mistakes I might be making...
following is my router config ,global.asax and controller.cs code for WebApi
RouteConfig.cs
namespace DemoWebAPI
{
public static class WebApiConfig
{
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "DefaultApi",
routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
}
Global.asax.cs
namespace DemoWebAPI
{
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
protected void Application_Start()
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);
}
}
}
ValueController.cs (API controller)
namespace DemoWebAPI.Controllers
{
public class ValueController : ApiController
{
public IHttpActionResult Get()
{
return Ok(1);
}
}
}
"https://localhost:44370/api/value" is the url scheme i use to call web api, but it persistenly "The resource cannot be found."