I have created a new MVC5 project with Web API 2, I then added the Ninject.MVC3 package from NuGet.
Constructor injection is working fine for the MVC5 controllers, but i am getting an error when trying to use it with the Web API Controllers.
An error occurred when trying to create a controller of type 'UserProfileController'. Make sure that the controller has a parameterless public constructor.
Constructor for working MVC5 controller:
public class HomeController : Controller
{
private IMailService _mail;
private IRepository _repo;
public HomeController(IMailService mail, IRepository repo)
{
_mail = mail;
_repo = repo;
}
}
Constructor for non-working Web API Controller:
public class UserProfileController : ApiController
{
private IRepository _repo;
public UserProfileController(IRepository repo)
{
_repo = repo;
}
}
Below is the full NinjectWebCommon.cs file:
[assembly: WebActivator.PreApplicationStartMethod(typeof(DatingSite.App_Start.NinjectWebCommon), "Start")]
[assembly: WebActivator.ApplicationShutdownMethodAttribute(typeof(DatingSite.App_Start.NinjectWebCommon), "Stop")]
namespace DatingSite.App_Start
{
using System;
using System.Web;
using Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure.DynamicModuleHelper;
using Ninject;
using Ninject.Web.Common;
using DatingSite.Services;
using DatingSite.Data;
public static class NinjectWebCommon
{
private static readonly Bootstrapper bootstrapper = new Bootstrapper();
/// <summary>
/// Starts the application
/// </summary>
public static void Start()
{
DynamicModuleUtility.RegisterModule(typeof(OnePerRequestHttpModule));
DynamicModuleUtility.RegisterModule(typeof(NinjectHttpModule));
bootstrapper.Initialize(CreateKernel);
}
/// <summary>
/// Stops the application.
/// </summary>
public static void Stop()
{
bootstrapper.ShutDown();
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates the kernel that will manage your application.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The created kernel.</returns>
private static IKernel CreateKernel()
{
var kernel = new StandardKernel();
kernel.Bind<Func<IKernel>>().ToMethod(ctx => () => new Bootstrapper().Kernel);
kernel.Bind<IHttpModule>().To<HttpApplicationInitializationHttpModule>();
RegisterServices(kernel);
return kernel;
}
/// <summary>
/// Load your modules or register your services here!
/// </summary>
/// <param name="kernel">The kernel.</param>
private static void RegisterServices(IKernel kernel)
{
#if DEBUG
kernel.Bind<IMailService>().To<MockMailService>().InRequestScope();
#else
kernel.Bind<IMailService>().To<MailService>().InRequestScope();
#endif
kernel.Bind<SiteContext>().To<SiteContext>().InRequestScope();
kernel.Bind<IRepository>().To<Repository>().InRequestScope();
}
}
}
