How to add views to ASP.NET Core Web API?

Question

Controllers process requests and return views in ASP.NET MVC, but how to add presentation layer (views or html pages) in ASP.NET Core Web API? I need to show to the user not the IEnumerable collection of objects, but a real webpage. Sorry for the stupid question.

Answer 1

Add MVC packages if not available from nuget package manager

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

add this line to startup.cs

//replace => services.AddControllers();
services.AddControllersWithViews();

I hope you will be able to use MVC feature from now.