No type was found that matches the controller named 'User'

Question

I\'m trying to navigate to a page which its URL is in the following format: localhost:xxxxx/User/{id}/VerifyEmail?secretKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I\'ve added a new route i

Answer 1

In my case I was using Web API and I did not have the public defined for my controller class.

Things to check for Web API:

• Controller Class is declares as public
• Controller Class implements ApiController : ApiController
• Controller Class name needs to end in Controller
• Check that your url has the /api/ prefix. eg. 'host:port/api/{controller}/{actionMethod}'