从URL Web API删除端口号

Question

I've created a web API and hosted it on IIS 7.0, but the default port hosts another web application. Therefore, I specified another port for the WEB API. The issue is how the web API is accessed as it includes the port number along with the URL. I want to remove this port dependency or at least hide it.

So instead of http://website:26018/api/products?brand_id=2,3

I want it to be accessible from a URL like this:

http://website/api/products?brand_id=2,3

How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

The http specification RFC2616 (Section 3.2.2) states that

If the port is empty or not given, port 80 is assumed.

Therefore, to omit the port number, you will have to put your application on port 80.

IIS allows you to redirect traffic coming from a specific DNS address to your application. Take a look at this article: http://www.visualwin.com/Host-Header/