autofac with webapi controller registry issue

Question

Hi All, When i use WebApi with Autofac, every time i'm getting runtime issue that "An error occurred when trying to create a controller of type 'EmployeeController'. Make sure that the controller has a parameterless public constructor" I'm using below autofac code in WebAPI global.asax var builder = new ContainerBuilder(); var config = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration; builder.RegisterApiControllers(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()); var container = builder.Build(); config.DependencyResolver = new AutofacWebApiDependencyResolver(container); Can any one asisst for this?

Prasanna Kumar Tekumudi · Answer

Hi RamachandranM and Rajanikanth, Thanks for your response. I found the solution for the registering the autofac in WebAPI solution. As per my understanding and solution, before registering the ApiControllers need register the respective injected interface(s) with corresponding class(s) then it is working as expected.

Ramachandran M · Answer

Hi Prasanna, Try to add below code register classes and interfaces , modules builder.RegisterModule(new AutofacWebTypesModule()); builder.RegisterType ().As ().InstancePerRequest(); // register types ending with 'Service' as their interfaces builder.RegisterAssemblyTypes(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()) .Where(t => t.Name.EndsWith("Service")) .AsImplementedInterfaces() .InstancePerRequest();

Rajanikant Hawaldar · Answer

Hi Prasanna Kumar Tekumudi, Please check https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45160805/error-occurred-when-trying-to-create-a-controller-of-type-employeecontroller https://forums.asp.net/t/2027017.aspx?Web+API+2+0+An+error+occurred+when+trying+to+create+a+controller+of+type+