No Type was found that matches Controller non-MVC ASP.net Web API - asp.net

Question

Currently I am creating a web application using a non-mvc web API in .NET. We are also using AngularJS to call the API with.
Here is the Router:
public static class WebApiConfig
{
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
// Web API configuration and services
// Web API routes
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "DefaultApi",
routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
Here is the controller:
public class signOnController : ApiController
{
public IHttpActionResult GetSingleSignOn()
{
singleSignOn sign = new singleSignOn();
var check = sign.executeStoredProcedure();
if (check == 0)
{
return Ok("http://localhost:64325/EmployeeIndex.html#/form/begin");
}
else if (check == 1)
{
return Ok("http://localhost:64325/ManagerIndex.html#/form/begin");
}
else
{
return Unauthorized();
}
}
}
Here is the angularJS:
formApp.service('ApiCall', ['$http', function ($http) {
var result;
this.GetApiCall = function (controllerName, methodName) {
result = $http.get('api/' + controllerName + '/' + methodName).success(function (data, status) {
result = data;
}).error(function () {
alert("API Get call error");
});
return result;
};
I keep getting this error when I try to run it:
<Error>
<Message>
No HTTP resource was found that matches the request URI 'http://localhost:51463/api/signOnController/GetSingleSignOn'.
</Message>
<MessageDetail>
No type was found that matches the controller named 'signOnController'.
</MessageDetail>
</Error>
Anyone know what I'm doing wrong with it?

Answer 1

You shouldn't be mentioning Controller inside route name. It should be
http://localhost:51463/api/signOn/GetSingleSignOn
Though you can use Route Attribute to define Routing to make route more verbose.
[Route("SingleSignOn")]
public IHttpActionResult GetSingleSignOn() {
....
}
Then URL will be like http://localhost:51463/api/signOn/SingleSignOn

Answer 2

Firstly, the route should be http://localhost:51463/api/signOn/GetSingleSignOn. controller name is just for identifying it is a controller.in routes you must use this without the word Controller. but when creating a controller make sure you include the word
secondly, i think what you exactly want to achieve is a route like in MVC. change your router to include action.
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "DefaultApi",
routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);
the default asp webapi routes are for pure REST API implementation which is not suitable for most cases.