I have WebAPI2 project in my solution where I;m using umbraco 7 as a startup project.

I have trouble to hit webapi action. I am getting 500 error in the console and the api is not reached.

This is my ajax call:

function getProducts() {
    var response;
    $.getJSON("/api/Product")
        .done(function (data) {
            response = $.map(data,
                function (item) {
                    return { label: item.Name + ' (' + item.Code + ')' };
                });
        });
    return response;
};

The ajax is not hitting. The request skips getJson call and returns undefined response.

This is my api controller method:

public class ProductController : ApiController {

// GET api/<controller>
    public IEnumerable<ProductModel> ProductList()
    {
        ProductSearcher searcher = new ProductSearcher();
        return searcher.GetResults();
    }
}

In the config I have defined:

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

Postman returns Object reference not set to an instance of an object but it doesn't even hit the ProductList either.

I have selected to run multiple projects - my app start project and web api project.

This is the error stacktrace - it looks to me like umbraco does looks for routing while I need to route to non-umbraco api:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   Umbraco.Web.Routing.ContentLastChanceFinderByNotFoundHandlers.HandlePageNotFound(PublishedContentRequest docRequest) +152
   Umbraco.Web.Routing.ContentLastChanceFinderByNotFoundHandlers.TryFindContent(PublishedContentRequest docRequest) +10
   Umbraco.Web.Routing.PublishedContentRequestEngine.HandlePublishedContent() +529
   Umbraco.Web.Routing.PublishedContentRequestEngine.FindPublishedContentAndTemplate() +250
   Umbraco.Web.Routing.PublishedContentRequestEngine.PrepareRequest() +107
   Umbraco.Web.UmbracoModule.ProcessRequest(HttpContextBase httpContext) +361
   Umbraco.Web.UmbracoModule.<Init>b__8(Object sender, EventArgs e) +80
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +141
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStepImpl(IExecutionStep step) +48
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +71