How do I route to an API controller inside an area in MVC4?

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MVC 4 WebAPI controllers splitted by Areas

This relates to this question and answer: How to create ASP.Net MVC Web API Url?

I have a fresh, new MVC project with everything still as generated by the project template, except for one new Area called Admin. In this area I have ClientApiController and ClientController, and in view Client/Index I am trying a URL as described in the answer I link to, with the extra 'area' value.

@Url.RouteUrl("DefaultApi", new { httproute = "", area = "Admin", controller = "Client" })

However, the area part isn't working and I still get 'resource not found'. What am I doing wrong?

I recommend the Route Debugger for debugging such issues: http://nuget.org/packages/routedebugger — sinelaw, Apr 24 '12 at 14:25

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '12 at 15:46

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I think you should have

@Url.RouteUrl("DefaultApi", new { httproute = "", area = "Admin", controller = "ClientApi" })

ClientApi

answered Apr 24 '12 at 15:46

Alexander Beletsky

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Bingo! So simple, so easy to miss. Thanks. – ProfK Apr 24 '12 at 16:57

How do I route to an API controller inside an area in MVC4?

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