All ASP.NET Web API controllers return 404

Question

I\'m trying to get an API Controller to work inside an ASP.NET MVC 4 web app. However, every request results in a 404 and I\'m stumped. :/

I have th

Answer 1

For reasons that aren't clear to me I had declared all of my Methods / Actions as static - apparently if you do this it doesn't work. So just drop the static off

[AllowAnonymous]
[Route()]
public static HttpResponseMessage Get()
{
    return new HttpResponseMessage(System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK);
}

Became:-

[AllowAnonymous]
[Route()]
public HttpResponseMessage Get()
{
    return new HttpResponseMessage(System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK);
}