Calling Web API from MVC Application when both in same Solution

Question

So I am totally new to the Web API and I thought to myself I would start a test project to learn it and AngularJS and how they can work together nicely ... etc.

I have created a multi-tier architecture within my solution, and inside my TPlan.API project, I have the following route configured in the Global.asax

GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Routes.Add("default",
            new HttpRoute("api/{controller}"));

TPlan.WEB is my MVC application, and it is set up as "Start Up Project". When I run it, I want to be able to go to:

mysite:port/api/test

And get the value from the API from my test controller in there.

However it is not working for me, I get the following:

No HTTP resource was found that matches the request URI 'mysite:port/api/test'.

Answer 1

Er, in visual studio, right click on the solution and go to properties. Go to startup and select the "multiple projects" option and tick the website and the webservice to both start up.

That will start both of them. But as has been pointed out, they're running on separate ports, they're completely separate applications... I don't think you can register a route that belongs outside of the website.

We work like this

View => POST / GET => MVC Controller => HTTP Request => API Controller

So our mvc views post or get to our mvc controllers, and then we fire off a separate http request to the web api. this is a server to server call, its like calling any external web service. we wait for the response from the api and then return whatever is required to the view...