Running Web API and MVC projects simultaneously

Question

So I have two projects: a Web API service and MVC web site which consumes service, both in one solution. I considered to run them using multiple startup projects option, but encountered a problem. Since Web API has no web interface, it opens in browser and lists contents of project directory. How can I prevent this?

Answer 1

If you don't want the browser window to open every time you run the project you can change your Web Api project properties.

Go to Properties > Web and select "Don't open a page. Wait for a request from an external application" under the 'Start Action' heading, this will keep the project running in the background.

See answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/716757