Can't access WEB API with ip:port but can with localhost:port during VS debug mode

Question

I am trying to write an WEB API from .net and trying for my Android Application to query some data from the sql server database.

I have the web api written and it wo

Answer 1

Had the same issue debugging in Visual Studio Code, I solved it by adding:

"env": {
      // ...
      "ASPNETCORE_URLS": "http://*:5000" // change to the port you are using
      // ...
},

.. to launch.json

Apparently, by default it binds http protocol to 'localhost:5000', so it works with localhost but not with ip address.

If you are trying to hit a breakpoint by a request coming from a different computer, don't forget to check your firewall settings (and/or antivirus)

hope this helps