I'm trying to get Autofac to work with WebApi. I have my ApiControllers in a separate project from the main web project.
InventorySystem.Web.UI InventorySystem.Web.Api.Controllers
Whenever i try to browse to an api route i get the response:
<Exception xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<ExceptionType>System.ArgumentNullException</ExceptionType>
<Message>Value cannot be null. Parameter name: value</Message>
<StackTrace>
at System.Web.Http.Controllers.HttpControllerContext.set_Controller(IHttpController value)
at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.DefaultHttpControllerFactory.CreateInstance(HttpControllerContext controllerContext, HttpControllerDescriptor controllerDescriptor)
at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.DefaultHttpControllerFactory.CreateController(HttpControllerContext controllerContext, String controllerName)
at Autofac.Integration.WebApi.AutofacControllerFactory.CreateController(HttpControllerContext controllerContext, String controllerName)
at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.HttpControllerDispatcher.SendAsyncInternal(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.HttpControllerDispatcher.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
</StackTrace>
</Exception>
When i step through the Autofac code I see that my controller has been registered, but the AutofacControllerActivator.Create() returns null. Specifically the line return (ResolutionExtensions.ResolveOptional(scope, controllerType) as IHttpController);
The autofac code: string binDirectory = Path.Combine(HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppPath, "bin");
var builder = new ContainerBuilder();
builder.ConfigureWebApi(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
builder.RegisterControllers(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()).PropertiesAutowired();
builder.RegisterApiControllers(Assembly.LoadFile(Path.Combine(binDirectory, "InventorySystem.Web.Api.dll"))).PropertiesAutowired();
builder.RegisterFilterProvider();
var container = builder.Build();
DependencyResolver.SetResolver(new AutofacDependencyResolver(container));
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.ServiceResolver.SetResolver(new AutofacWebApiDependencyResolver(container));
Am i missing something?
Thanks