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Self hosting in Web API and IIS hosting in ASP.Net MVC.

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Self hosting in Web API and IIS hosting in ASP.Net MVC.

Manoj S Pant

Manoj S Pant

9yAsked Nov 11, 2016, 12:48 AM1.5k.NET

ASP.NET MVC application required IIS for hosting but ASP.NET Web API can be self hosted

, without IIS.

my confusion is that, if ASP.NET Web API can self hosted then what are the problems with ASP.NET MVC application for self hosting.

Can anybody help me in it.

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Ajit Bhosale8y ago
Mvc has a dependencies on system.web which depend on IIS, so we can't host it as self host.

Web API has no dependency on system.web and IIS.
Manas Mohapatra9y ago
If you host ASP.NET MVC application locally then other user can access the application.
It would be better if you use WebAPI as self hosted and WebApplication call it to get data.