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I have been following <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/yaohuang1/archive/2012/05/21/asp-net-web-api-generating-a-web-api-help-page-using-apiexplorer.aspx" rel="nofollow">this guide</a> to add a help page to document my Web API project. My Controller is named HelpController and I have a route that I am trying to use to map the Index action to /Help. This is the only MVC controller in the project. Because the rest are Web API controllers, we removed the "/api" prefix from the default route in WebAPIConfig.cs. The HelpController: <pre><code>public class HelpController : Controller { public ActionResult Index() { var apiExplorer = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Services.GetApiExplorer(); return View(apiExplorer); } } </code></pre> And route config: <pre><code>public class RouteConfig { public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) { routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}"); routes.MapRoute( name: "Default", url: "help", defaults: new { controller = "Help", action = "Index"}); } } </code></pre> In Global.asax.cs <pre><code>protected void Application_Start() { // .. WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration); RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes); // .. } </code></pre> But when I try to navigate to /help in the browser I get the following error message. <pre><code><Error> <Message>No HTTP resource was found that matches the request URI 'http://localhost/ws/help'.</Message> <MessageDetail>No type was found that matches the controller named 'help'.</MessageDetail> </Error> </code></pre> EDIT: The message contains /ws/help as the application is hosted at localhost/ws in IIS. Does anyone know what could be causing ASP.NET to not find my HelpController? UPDATE: If I change the order of RouteConfig and WebApiConfig registration calls in Application_Start I get a 404 instead. <pre><code>protected void Application_Start() { // .. RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes); WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration); // .. } </code></pre>
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