Using Simple Injector in Web API and OWIN

Question

I'm experiencing the same problem as described here and my set up is almost identical to this that is actually based on this guide. When I access a method in my controller I get this

An error occurred when trying to create a controller of type 'TestController'. Make sure that the controller has a parameterless public constructor.

Here's the stack trace

at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.DefaultHttpControllerActivator
  .Create(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpControllerDescriptor controllerDescriptor, 
     Type controllerType)\r\n   
at System.Web.Http.Controllers.HttpControllerDescriptor
  .CreateController(HttpRequestMessage request)\r\n   
at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.HttpControllerDispatcher.<SendAsync>d__1.MoveNext()

And here's the inner exception's stack trace

at System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.New(Type type)\r\n  
at System.Web.Http.Internal.TypeActivator.Create[TBase](Type instanceType)\r\n   
at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.DefaultHttpControllerActivator
   .GetInstanceOrActivator(HttpRequestMessage request, Type controllerType, Func`1& activator)\r\n   
at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.DefaultHttpControllerActivator
   .Create(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpControllerDescriptor controllerDescriptor, Type controllerType)

Here's what my controller looks like

public class TestController : ApiController
{
    private readonly ITestRepo _repo;
    public TestController(ITestRepo repo)
    {
        _repo = repo;
    }

    public IEnumerable<string> Get()
    {
        return new string[] { "value1", "value2" };
    }

    public string Get(int id)
    {
        return _repo.GetId(id);
    }
}

And here's how I set up Simple Injector

 public class Startup
 {        
   public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
   {
      // Create the container as usual.
      var container = new Container();
      // Register your types, for instance using the RegisterWebApiRequest
      // extension from the integration package:       
      container.RegisterWebApiRequest<ITestRepo, TestRepo>(); 

     container.RegisterWebApiControllers(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);

      container.Verify();

      GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.DependencyResolver =
            new SimpleInjectorWebApiDependencyResolver(container);

      //
      ConfigureOAuth(app, container);

      var config = new HttpConfiguration();
      WebApiConfig.Register(config);
      app.UseWebApi(config);
   }
}

Answer 1

I had the same issue but with UnityDependencyResolver. But I think it should also work for SimpleInjectorWebApiDependencyResolver. Try to register your resolver like this (as a Property of HttpConfiguration):

public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
    var container = GetContainer(); // Initialise container

    HttpConfiguration config = new HttpConfiguration
    {
        DependencyResolver = new SimpleInjectorWebApiDependencyResolver(container);
    };

    WebApiConfig.Register(config);
    app.UseWebApi(config);
}