Elmah.axd on WebAPI 2.2 - No HTTP Resource was found - asp.net-web-api

Question

I'm trying to access /elmah.axd in my broswer, but it returns:
{"message":"No HTTP resource was found that matches the request URI 'http://services.domain.com/elmah.axd'."}
The server is local (127.0.0.1) and even on that I have my web.config Elmah settings to secure it this way:
<elmah>
<security allowRemoteAccess="true" />
</elmah>
My WebApiConfig looks like:
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
// Web API configuration and services
// Locally only you will be able to see the exception errors
config.IncludeErrorDetailPolicy = IncludeErrorDetailPolicy.LocalOnly;
// Web API routes
config.Routes.IgnoreRoute("elmah", "elmah.axd");
config.Routes.IgnoreRoute("allemah", "elmah.axd/{*pathInfo}");
config.Routes.IgnoreRoute("elmahgeneric", "{resource}.axd/{*everything}");
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
var jsonFormatter = config.Formatters.OfType<JsonMediaTypeFormatter>().First();
jsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();
// Remove the XML formatter
config.Formatters.Remove(config.Formatters.XmlFormatter);
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "DefaultApi",
routeTemplate: "{controller}/{id}",
defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);
}
I even tried ignoring only one route at the time from any of the 3 combinations and no luck.
finally my global.asax looks like this:
protected void Application_Start()
{
GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);
}
Any hint or idea of what I could be missing, would be good.
Thanks in advance, really appreciate your time looking into this.

Answer 1

I finally made it.
By adding to the WebApiConfig.cs file
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute("AXD", "{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}", null, null, new StopRoutingHandler());
The entire code of the WebApiConfig.cs file looks like this:
public static class WebApiConfig
{
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
// Web API configuration and services
// Locally only you will be able to see the exception errors
config.IncludeErrorDetailPolicy = IncludeErrorDetailPolicy.LocalOnly;
// Web API routes
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
var jsonFormatter = config.Formatters.OfType<JsonMediaTypeFormatter>().First();
jsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();
// Remove the XML formatter
config.Formatters.Remove(config.Formatters.XmlFormatter);
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute("AXD", "{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}", null, null, new StopRoutingHandler());
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "DefaultApi",
routeTemplate: "{controller}/{id}",
defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
And the final change is add this to the global.asax under application_start method
RouteTable.Routes.Ignore("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
Special thanks all who helped me with this issue.

Answer 2

When I added the following in in the global.asax under the application_start method:
RouteTable.Routes.Ignore("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
It did not work until I put it above ...
GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register);
The order of the routes that you add to the Routes property is significant, because the application uses the first route in the collection that matches the URL.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.routing.routetable.routes(v=vs.110).aspx

Answer 3

The most likely problem is missing handlers to generate the error page.
Ensure the following handlers are configured your web.config file:
<system.web>
...
<httpHandlers>
...
<add verb="POST,GET,HEAD" path="elmah.axd" type="Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah" />
</httpHandlers>
<system.webServer>
...
<handlers>
...
<add name="Elmah" verb="POST,GET,HEAD" path="elmah.axd" type="Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah" />
</handlers>
With those settings in place you should be able to access elmah.axd and secure it as expected.
You can grab a sample config file that was updated from a fresh project as an example here: https://brutaldev.com/download/30987439.zip

Answer 4

For me adding
config.Routes.IgnoreRoute("axd", "{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
to WebApiConfig was enough.