Web API with Ninject Parameterless Constructor

Question

I was watching a tutorial from Pluralsight when I came across this problem: Searched this site and found (Simple Injector Unable to Inject Dependencies in Web API Controllers, Make sure that the controller has a parameterless public constructor error ) different solutions but they didn't work either. Having the same problem using WebApi and Ninject, nothing was done by the Author while writing code, don't know why I am facing this, would appreciate if someone explains the reason along with the solution (what to write and where to write). Here's the code:

//NinjectWebCommon.cs
 private static void RegisterServices(IKernel kernel)
    {
        kernel.Bind<IRepository>().To<Repository>().InRequestScope(); //for making singleton
        kernel.Bind<WebAPIandEFContext>().To<WebAPIandEFContext>().InRequestScope();

    }   
//Order Controller
  public class OrderController : ApiController
{
    private IRepository _repo;


    public OrderController(IRepository repo) 
    {
        _repo = repo;
    }
//remaining code....
ERROR description
{"$id":"1","Message":"An error has occurred.","ExceptionMessage":"An error 

occurred when trying to create a controller of type 'OrderController'. Make sure that the controller has a parameterless public constructor.","ExceptionType":"System.InvalidOperationException","StackTrace":"   at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.DefaultHttpControllerActivator.Create(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpControllerDescriptor controllerDescriptor, Type controllerType)\r\n   at System.Web.Http.Controllers.HttpControllerDescriptor.CreateController(HttpRequestMessage request)\r\n   at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.HttpControllerDispatcher.<SendAsync>d__1.MoveNext()","InnerException":{"$id":"2","Message":"An error has occurred.","ExceptionMessage":"Type 'WebAPIandEF.Controllers.OrderController' does not have a default constructor","ExceptionType":"System.ArgumentException","StackTrace":"   at System.Linq.Expressions.Expression.New(Type type)\r\n   at System.Web.Http.Internal.TypeActivator.Create[TBase](Type instanceType)\r\n   at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.DefaultHttpControllerActivator.GetInstanceOrActivator(HttpRequestMessage request, Type controllerType, Func`1& activator)\r\n   at System.Web.Http.Dispatcher.DefaultHttpControllerActivator.Create(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpControllerDescriptor controllerDescriptor, Type controllerType)"}}

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 31 '15 at 03:00

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I had the same problem after I updated my Nuget packages. Ninject.Web.WebApi version 3.2.4 introduced a breaking change that requires installing package "Ninject.Web.WebApi.WebHost" per the release notes.

After installing the mentioned package my controllers started to resolve the dependencies again.

answered Mar 31 '15 at 03:00

Pablo Estevez

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done this but still getting this error in InjectInitializer.cs No overload for method 'GetControllerTypes' takes 0 arguments on this line: foreach (var controllerType in typeResolver.GetControllerTypes()) { container.Register(controllerType); } – sam Apr 15 '15 at 13:01
Worked for me as well – Stan Bashtavenko Oct 09 '15 at 20:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 19 '15 at 04:18

I have also come across this issue. There are the Ninject packages that I have got and they are working now.

<package id="Ninject" version="3.2.0.0" targetFramework="net451" />
<package id="Ninject.MVC5" version="3.2.1.0" targetFramework="net451" />
<package id="Ninject.Web.Common" version="3.2.0.0" targetFramework="net451" />
<package id="Ninject.Web.Common.WebHost" version="3.2.0.0" targetFramework="net451" />
<package id="Ninject.Web.WebApi" version="3.2.4.0" targetFramework="net451" />

You also have to make sure that you have the start up methods in Application_Stat() in your Global.asax in the right order. Mine looks like this:

protected void Application_Start()
{
    AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
    GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);
    FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
    RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
    BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 23 '16 at 10:43

You can get this error for a few different reasons, but the general underlying problem is usually that you've missed something in the setup of Ninject to be the dependency resolver for your controllers.

In my case, all of the Ninject setup was being called from the Startup.cs class. Turns out it was fine, I was just missing the Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb package from my project, so the Startup code was never actually getting called. Doh!

Web API with Ninject Parameterless Constructor

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