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So I have two projects: a Web API service and MVC web site which consumes service, both in one solution. I considered to run them using multiple startup projects option, but encountered a problem. Since Web API has no web interface, it opens in browser and lists contents of project directory. How can I prevent this?

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  • do you debug your web api project in visual studio or deploy it to IIS ? Commented Mar 29, 2015 at 19:03
  • Prevent.. what? You don't want to open a webpage for the web api? Why don't you just close it? Commented Mar 29, 2015 at 19:07
  • also consider this question stackoverflow.com/questions/5549374/… Commented Mar 29, 2015 at 19:08
  • You can add a default controller/action that returns an empty view or add a default.htm to the root of the Web API project. If you don't want the web page to display you could try running IISExpress from the command line iis.net/learn/extensions/using-iis-express/…. Commented Mar 29, 2015 at 19:09

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If you don't want the browser window to open every time you run the project you can change your Web Api project properties.

Go to Properties > Web and select "Don't open a page. Wait for a request from an external application" under the 'Start Action' heading, this will keep the project running in the background.

See answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/716757

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Nice find.. Not all of us get a chance to read complete Visual Studio documentation.

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