Could not load file or assembly System.Web.Http.WebHost after published to Azure web site

Question

I created a web project and it runs well in Visual studio. However, I got the following error after published it to azurewebsites. What can cause the issue?

Answer 1

This happened to me on VS2013(Update 5)/ASP.NET 4.5, under project type "Web Application" that includes MVC and Web API 2. Error happened right after creating the project and before adding any code. Adding the following configuration fix it for me. After resolving "System.Web.Helpers" issue two more similar errors surfaced for "System.Web.Mvc" and "System.Web.WebPages".