ASP.NET Web API index.html does not load; Server Error in '/' Application, The resource cannot be found

Question

I'm following this tutorial.

When I build the solution the index.html page would not show up and I get this error: Server Error in '/' Application. I'm not sure how to enable detailed error reporting.

This is my Web.config page:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
  For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433
  -->

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0" />
    <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
    <add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true" />
    <add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
    <add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
  </appSettings>

  <system.web>

    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />

    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />
    <customErrors mode="Off"/>
    <pages>
      <namespaces>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
      </namespaces>
    </pages>

  </system.web>

  <system.webServer>
    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />

  <handlers>
      <remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" />
      <remove name="OPTIONSVerbHandler" />
      <remove name="TRACEVerbHandler" />
      <add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="*" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" />
    </handlers></system.webServer>
</configuration>

IIS Express shows it as http://localhost:11527/

Did you look in the project references page to see if all the references could be found? — Steve Wellens
– Steve Wellens, Commented Jan 16, 2014 at 20:27
My project reference page is empty. I don't think there are any references for this tutorial. — FluffyBeing
– FluffyBeing, Commented Jan 16, 2014 at 20:40
I would think you would need the references listed in the namespaces, like this one: i.imgur.com/SGB3rrK.png (It would explain the missing resource message). — Steve Wellens
– Steve Wellens, Commented Jan 16, 2014 at 20:49

Kiran · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-17 16:36:48Z

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Are you sure you are accessing it like http://localhost:11527/index.html. Note that this was created with an Empty project template and so there is no MVC and so you cannot expect a default view showing up and so you would need to explicitly mention index.html in your url.

edited Jan 17, 2014 at 16:36

answered Jan 17, 2014 at 1:25

Kiran

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Nam Pham Over a year ago

I have add app.UseMvc(), but not load index.html as default, how to do that in Startup.cs file?

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