How to run an empty Web API?

Question

ASP.NET

When creating the simplest empty WEB API project. how to run it?
otherwise it gives out:
HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden
The web server is configured in such a way that it does not list the contents of the directory.

Answer 1

launch, add api/controller/method in the address bar of the browser
In general, for the convenience of testing, use some tool, such as postman - it will be easier to send requests and work with responses

Answer 2

As far as I understand, there is no "default" behavior in your project. You do not have a route for requesting myservice.local (well, for example), so the server tries to find at least something in the root folder - index.htm, default.aspx. Finding nothing, he tries to display the contents of the folder, to which he does not have the appropriate rights. Start small - make sure your api works. If successful, you can try to do something like this for the default behavior - www.asp.net/web-api/overview/getting-started-with -....