Adding WebAPI to an existing MVC Project - getting 404 on

Question

There were many suggested questions/answers when adding this. I went through a bunch and none seemed to help.

I am sure I am missing something simple, just can't see it.

I have an existing ASP.Net MVC (V5) Site. It's a single page.

I am adding an API Controller (WebAPI 2) to it to handle some ajax posts.

I can't seem to get past the 404 Error when trying to post to my controller.

I am also using Attribute Routing.

Here are the parts of the code I believe you will need to see:

API Controller

[RoutePrefix("api/services")]
public class ServicesController : ApiController
{
    [HttpPost]
    [Route("contact")]
    public HttpResponseMessage SendContact(ContactModel model)
    {
        return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, true);
    }

}

WebApiConfig - couple of parts commented out as i try things.

public class WebApiConfig
{
    public static void Register(HttpConfiguration configuration)
    {

        configuration.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();


        //configuration.Routes.MapHttpRoute("API Default", "api/{controller}/{id}",
        //    new { id = RouteParameter.Optional });
    }
}

And my global.cs - again commented out things i've tried

AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
//WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);

When attempting to post to the api i receive:

POST http://localhost:8085/api/services/contact 404 (Not Found)

Any idea what I am missing?

Aleksey L. · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-05 15:51:23Z

2

Try to put

GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);

before

RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);

so it should be:

        AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
        GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);
        RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
        BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);

answered Jun 5, 2016 at 15:51

Aleksey L.

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Darren Wainwright Over a year ago

God dammit... Thank you! I KNEW it was something simple! Thanks again.

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