Namespace System.Web.Http.Results not found within asp.net web api application

Question

I have an asp.net web api application in which I have this line :

using System.Web.Http.Results;

My problem is that the namespace isn't recognized, I verified the dll system.Web.Http exists in the bin folder !!

So I need to know:

• What is the reason of this problem?
• How can I fix it?

Collen

Answer 1

You need reinstalling the NuGet package, which corrects broken dependencies. Open package manager and run Update-Package Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi -reinstall.

Strauss

some version details should be included for this answer. – Yingyingkow

Answer 2

The above solution didn't work for me as it was failing on some other package too. My solution was to delete the packages folder and rebuild the project, which retrieved all the packages again.

Ozalid

Answer 3

I think I got around this problem by installing the following package using NuGet:

Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Core

I followed these two answers from here: https://mcmap.net/q/1628489/-failure-to-include-system-web-http-in-unit-tests and https://forums.asp.net/t/2096814.aspx?

Pepsinogen

Answer 4

Your class needs to inherit from ApiController in order for the methods to be available. I ran into this trying to abstract too much logic away from my controller.

Tergiversate