MVC & Web Api projects within same Solution

Question

I have an MVC 4 project sitting atop an N-tier application. I now have a requirement to to be able to consume the application programmatically. I have created a new Web API proj

Answer 1

I just did the same thing yesterday. I have in the same MVC 4 project regular Controllers and ApiControllers.

You need to add the routing in the Global Asax for WebApi :

WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);

Take a look at the WebApiConfig :

public static class WebApiConfig
{
    public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
    {
        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "DefaultApi",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
            defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
        );
    }
}

Don't forget also to add the Nuget Packages for WebApi (if you don't have them already). In my case I did not had them because my project was originally MVC 3 and was later upgraded.