Can I have asp.net core mvc and web api as single project

Question

We want to build an asp.net core web application. it contains MVC part for returning Views and API to return JSON and have Restful services for our web application.

So can I have MVC and Web API inside the same project? as currently when i want to create a new project inside .NET 6.0 i have to select the either MVC or Web API type :-

Answer 1

So can I have MVC and Web API inside the same project? as currently when i want to create a new project inside .NET 6.0 i have to select the either MVC or Web API type :-

Certainly you can. What all you need is, you should have one solution. Furthermore, within the solution, you ought to create two project. One for MVC application and another for Web API application. Here is the simulation how you can achieve that:

Project Architecture Would be Like:

If you want to run two project together:

1. Go to your solution and right click on it
2. Select Property
3. Choose Multiple Startup Project