WebAPI and ODataController return 406 Not Acceptable

Question

Before adding OData to my project, my routes where set up like this:

       config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: \"ApiById\",
            routeTempl         


        

Answer 1

The order in which the routes are configured has an impact. In my case, I also have some standard MVC controllers and help pages. So in Global.asax:

protected void Application_Start()
{
    AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
    GlobalConfiguration.Configure(config =>
    {
        ODataConfig.Register(config); //this has to be before WebApi
        WebApiConfig.Register(config); 

    });
    FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
    RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}

The filter and routeTable parts weren't there when I started my project and are needed.

ODataConfig.cs:

public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
    config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes(); //This has to be called before the following OData mapping, so also before WebApi mapping

    ODataConventionModelBuilder builder = new ODataConventionModelBuilder();

    builder.EntitySet("Sites");
    //Moar!

    config.MapODataServiceRoute("ODataRoute", "api", builder.GetEdmModel());
}

WebApiConfig.cs:

public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
    config.Routes.MapHttpRoute( //MapHTTPRoute for controllers inheriting ApiController
            name: "DefaultApi",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
            defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
    );
}

And as a bonus, here's my RouteConfig.cs:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

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

This has to be in that EXACT ORDER. I tried moving the calls around and ended up with either MVC, Api or Odata broken with 404 or 406 errors.

So I can call:

localhost:xxx/ -> leads to help pages (home controller, index page)

localhost:xxx/api/ -> leads to the OData $metadata

localhost:xxx/api/Sites -> leads to the Get method of my SitesController inheriting from ODataController

localhost:xxx/api/Test -> leads to the Get method of my TestController inheriting from ApiController.