Autofac and ASP.NET Web API ApiController

Question

I have been using autofac with MVC 3 for a while and love it. I recently upgraded a project to MVC 4 and everything seems to be working except for Web Api ApiControllers. I am g

Answer 1

I have released Autofac integration packages on NuGet for the Beta versions of MVC 4 and Web API. The integrations will create an Autofac lifetime scope per controller request (MVC controller or API controller depending on the integration). This means that the controller and its dependencies will be automatically disposed at the end of each call. Both packages can be installed side-by-side in the same project.

MVC 4

https://nuget.org/packages/Autofac.Mvc4

http://alexmg.com/post/2012/03/09/Autofac-ASPNET-MVC-4-(Beta)-Integration.aspx

Web API

https://nuget.org/packages/Autofac.WebApi/

http://alexmg.com/post/2012/03/09/Autofac-ASPNET-Web-API-(Beta)-Integration.aspx

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