Unit testing ApiControllers with RouteAttribute
asp.net-mvc-routing, asp.net-web-api2, c#, unit-testing
Solution
This is just ridiculous... I got it working using this:
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
config.EnsureInitialized();
So basically, this runs the init of the configuration for the `config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes()`. I guess, I would have thought this was done automatically.
But now it works and I'm happy.
For more information on this issue see: http://ifyoudo.net/post/2014/01/28/How-to-unit-test-ASPNET-Web-API-2-Route-Attributes.aspx
Problem
What I thought was a simple search on the web turned out to be more than that. The closest to a solution was the one that first made it possible to use Attributes for routing: AttributeRouting not working with HttpConfiguration object for writing Integration tests But what about ASP.NET Web Api 2? My unit test ``` HttpConfiguration config = new HttpConfiguration(); // config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes(); // This doesn't work. I guess there is needed some more plumbing to know what Controllers to search for attributes, but I'm lost here. HttpServer server = new HttpServer(config); using (HttpMessageInvoker client = new HttpMessageInvoker(server)) { using (HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Put, "http://localhost/api/accounts/10")) using(HttpResponseMessage response = client.SendAsync(request, CancellationToken.None).Result) { response.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.Created); } } ``` How can I inject my controller so it reads attributes on the Controller and set the routes so I can actually do some testing?