Sitecore Web Api 404 page not found?

Question

I am using the Sitecore Web Api to access my Content tree from a non Sitecore web application, but when I try the request I get an 404 file not found error. I have tripled check the GIUD, so that is not the problem.

The settings in the web.config and sitecore.ItemWebApi.config

<setting name="IgnoreUrlPrefixes" value="....|/-/item/v1/|...."/>

<site name="website">
    <patch:attribute name="itemwebapi.mode">StandardSecurity</patch:attribute>
    <patch:attribute name="itemwebapi.access">ReadOnly</patch:attribute>
    <patch:attribute name="itemwebapi.allowanonymousaccess">true</patch:attribute>
</site>

The HttpWebRequest

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://example.com/-/item/v1/?sc_itemid={5E219167-DCC0-4C28-A123-064CACCCCE69}");

var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

Are you able to access the endpoint through a rest client such as Fiddler or Postman? — xoail
I have not tired. I am pretty new to sitecore, how would I go about doing that? — Sean Fleming

xoail xoail · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-18T21:18:43

Few things you can try:

Make sure the guid is correct and there are no restrictions on it from sitecore client
Make sure the item is published unless you are running in Live mode
Try accessing the REST endpoint through PostMan
Try accessing the Home item's REST endpoint through PostMan
Check sitecore logs for any errors

Sitecore Web Api 404 page not found?

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