WebAPI Help Page - Error 404

Question

I followed the tutorial on ASP.Net website to add Help Pages on a WebAPI empty project. ( http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/getting-started-with-aspnet-web-api/creating-api-help-pages )

The thing is that I indeed access the help page index but when I click on a end point link to get details and samples it gives me a 404 error.

Here is the screen shot:

I don't know why it doesn't work, I have currently a Model, and a controller with Entity Framework.

Does anyone know what is wrong?

Answer 1

You can use Swaggger instead for help pages. It's better than the WebAPI Help. Just download this package through NuGet:

<package id="Swashbuckle" version="5.2.2" targetFramework="net452" />

Answer 2

In the Global.asax file, add the following code to the Application_Start method, if it is not there already:

protected void Application_Start()
{
    // Add this code, if not present.
    AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

    // ...
}

to register areas.