asp.net-mvc-apiexplorer

When using ASP.NET Web API Help Page and the related MVC.ApiExplorer I have valid routes that are accessible via http yet aren't discovered by ApiExplorer. These routes are only found when a general routing rule is used. Usage of a more specific rule (in conjunction with the general one) seems to hide routes from the ApiExplorer. In an example case of three rules two routes relate to a GET and a POST action on a controller method which take no query parameters go MIA. public class SomeControllerController : ApiController { [HttpPost] public HttpResponseMessage Post(PostObject value) { ... }

I am using Web API Help Page with Web API 2 (5.0) - both the latest Nuget packages. I would like the help documentation to show the comments of the properties on classes that are parameters or returned in the body of the HttpResponseMessage. For example, I have a controller method like this: public HttpResponseMessage Post([FromBody] MyClassType1 myClass) { // Business logic removed for clarity return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, new MyClassType2()); } I would like the XML comments that I have on MyClassType1 and MyClassType2 to be displayed on the help page for the above post

I am trying to implement an Options method in a controller of my web service that will return a message containing the valid HTTP methods for the URI endpoint associated with the controller. My Options method looks something like this: public HttpResponseMessage Options() { var resp = new HttpResponseMessage(); resp.Content = new StringContent(""); var apiExplorer = GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Services .GetApiExplorer(); foreach (ApiDescription api in apiExplorer.ApiDescriptions) { resp.Content.Headers.Add("Allow", api.HttpMethod.Method); } return resp; } I have tried the above method in