MVC 4 Web API Areas 404 Error: "The controller for path '/Jobs/Send' was not found or does not implement IController."

Question

I'm having an issue that is driving me nuts.

I have an MVC 4 WebAPI application that has several Areas defined.

My Jobs Area Send controller (SendController.cs) is defined like so:

namespace TargetAPI.Areas.Jobs.Controllers
{
    public class SendController : ApiController
    {
        [HttpPost]
        public HttpResponseMessage Index(SendRequest req)
        {
            try
            {
            //blah blah
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
            //blah blah
            }
        }
    }
}

My Jobs Area Registration (JobsAreaRegistration.cs) is defined like so:

namespace TargetAPI.Areas.Jobs
{
    public class JobsAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration
    {
        public override string AreaName
        {
            get
            {
                return "Jobs";
            }
        }

        public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
        {
            context.MapRoute(
                "Jobs_long",
                "Jobs/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
                new[] { "TargetAPI.Areas.Jobs.Controllers" }
            );
        }
    }
}

My RouteConfig.cs says:

namespace TargetAPI
{
    public class RouteConfig
    {
        public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
            routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

            routes.MapRoute(
                 name: "Default",
                 url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                 defaults: new { controller = "Home", 
                     action = "Index", id= UrlParameter.Optional },
                 namespaces: new string[] { "TargetAPI.Controllers" }
            );
        }
    }
}

When I run the route debugger on it I get:
_{(source: boomerang.com)}

But when I try to post to the URL "Jobs/Send" I get:

The controller for path '/Jobs/Send' was not found or does not implement IController.

I've tried so many iterations and combinations my head is spinning. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Turns out the WebAPI does NOT handles Areas! Imagine my surprise. So I found a GREAT post http://blogs.infosupport.com/asp-net-mvc-4-rc-getting-webapi-and-areas-to-play-nicely/. Now I am moving forward.