how to host a webapi in world wide web

I create a webapi2 in mvc5 project and I host the web API in IIS(internet information service) successfully and my web API works fine but the problem is web API is not accessed in anywhere means web API only access in the office location

I want to access web API anywhere but I don't how to deploy worldwide web means access everywhere

versions:

web API 2 framework

IIS Version - 10.0.17763.1

project version - MVC 5

help

Hi, could you please elaborate anywhere means what?

And if you you meant, you want to publish it on live ip then yes it is possible, but you need so some settings in web.config file to allow required addresses to access this api.

using System.Web.Http;
namespace WebService
{
public static class WebApiConfig
{
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
// New code
config.EnableCors();
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "DefaultApi",
routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
}

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web.Http;
using System.Web.Http.Cors;
namespace WebService.Controllers
{
[EnableCors(origins: "http://mywebclient.azurewebsites.net", headers: "*", methods: "*")]
public class TestController : ApiController
{
// Controller methods not shown...
}
}

And try below configuration in web.config file.

<system.webServer>
<httpProtocol>
<customHeaders>
<add name="Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value="*" />
customHeaders>
httpProtocol>
system.webServer>

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Rahul Patil6y ago
yes I want to my web api expose in anywhere means live
Darshan Shah6y ago
Hi, could you please elaborate anywhere means what?
And if you you meant, you want to publish it on live ip then yes it is possible, but you need so some settings in web.config file to allow required addresses to access this api.
using System.Web.Http;
namespace WebService
{
    public static class WebApiConfig
    {
        public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
        {
            // New code
            config.EnableCors();

            config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
                name: "DefaultApi",
                routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
                defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
            );
        }
    }
}

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web.Http;
using System.Web.Http.Cors;

namespace WebService.Controllers
{
    [EnableCors(origins: "http://mywebclient.azurewebsites.net", headers: "*", methods: "*")]
    public class TestController : ApiController
    {
        // Controller methods not shown...
    }
}
And try below configuration in web.config file.
<system.webServer>
      <httpProtocol>
        <customHeaders>
          <add name="Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value="*" />
        customHeaders>
      httpProtocol>
    system.webServer>