How does the In-Memory HttpServer know which WebAPI project to host?

Question

I want to run tests against WebAPI project using a popular in-memory hosting strategy.

My tests reside in a separate project.

Here\'s the start of my test

Answer 1

Just make sure that you are invoking any controller from the web api project into your separate project to ensure that web api project is loaded in in-memory.Example:

[TestMethod]
public void TestMethod1()
{

 //// So that the web api project is loaded in-memory
 {webapi Project name}.Controller.{controllerName} = new {controller name}() ;
    HttpConfiguration config = new HttpConfiguration();

    config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
        name: "DefaultApi",
        routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
        defaults: new {id = RouteParameter.Optional});

    HttpServer server = new HttpServer(config);
    HttpMessageInvoker client = new HttpMessageInvoker(server)
}