Adding React to an existing ASP.Net MVC project — Part 3: The API

Part 3: The API

This builds on parts 1 and 2 which can be found here:

Adding React to an existing ASP.Net MVC project — Part 1: setting up the project

Adding React to an existing ASP.Net MVC project — Part 2: integration

In this part we are going to look at adding the API to the project using an API Controller. In future parts of the series this will become multiple controllers as adding all the endpoints for a project into a single file makes it unmanageable.

The first thing we need to do is to add the controller itself. Right-click the “Controllers” folder, select Add → Controller

Leave the default options and click “Add”