System.Web.Http missing after .net 4.5 upgrade

.net asp.net-mvc asp.net-web-api .net-4.5
Kev picture Kev · Jan 7, 2015 · Viewed 64.7k times · Source

I've just upgraded my solution to .net 4.5 using Target Framework Migrator, and then the package manager console command:

Update-Package -Reinstall -IgnoreDependencies

In one of my projects I am using:

using System.Web.Http.Controllers;
using System.Web.Http.Filters;

The code uses HttpActionContext and ReflectedHttpActionDescriptor. I notice that System.Web.Http has been removed from my references, and is no longer available in the Add New Reference window. What's going on?

Answer

Steen Tøttrup picture Steen Tøttrup · Jan 7, 2015

Have you looked in the Extensions part of the "Add new reference", instead of Framework ?

If it's not there, it's in the Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Core package on NuGet.

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