ServiceStack service metadata shows no operations - asp.net-mvc-4

Question

I am using ServiceStack for the first time on a brand-new project that started off as a ASP.NET MVC. I am hosting ServiceStack API at the root, so my web.config looks like this:
<system.web>
<httpHandlers>
<add path="*" type="ServiceStack.WebHost.Endpoints.ServiceStackHttpHandlerFactory, ServiceStack" verb="*" />
</httpHandlers>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<handlers>
<add path="*" name="ServiceStack.Factory" type="ServiceStack.WebHost.Endpoints.ServiceStackHttpHandlerFactory, ServiceStack" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" resourceType="Unspecified" allowPathInfo="true" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
and my App_Start/RouteConfig.cs:
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("*");
}
Here's my service:
[Route("/catalogs/{ID}")]
[DataContract]
public class CatalogRequest : IReturn<Catalog>
{
[DataMember]
public int ID { get; set; }
}
[DefaultView("Catalogs")]
public class CatalogService : Service
{
public object Get(CatalogRequest request)
{
return (request.ID == 9999) ? new Catalog() { ID = 9999 } : null;
}
}
I use the following for testing:
public class TestAppHost : AppHostHttpListenerBase
{
public TestAppHost() : base("TestService", typeof(TestAppHost).Assembly) { }
public override void Configure(Funq.Container container)
{
IoC.Configure(container); // IoC is where all Funq configuration is done
}
}
In my VisualStudio unit test I start up the AppHost like this:
[TestClass]
public class TestHelper
{
public const string TEST_HOST_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:8888/";
private static TestAppHost __AppHost;
[AssemblyInitialize]
public static void Initialize(TestContext context)
{
// Start the test app host.
__AppHost = new TestAppHost();
__AppHost.Init();
__AppHost.Start(TEST_HOST_URL);
}
[AssemblyCleanup]
public static void Cleanup()
{
__AppHost.Dispose();
__AppHost = null;
}
}
When I run my test:
[TestMethod]
public void RequestCatalogByID()
{
var client = new JsonServiceClient(TestHelper.TEST_HOST_URL);
var request = new CatalogRequest() { ID = 9999 };
var response = client.Get(request);
Assert.IsNotNull(response);
}
I get a "Not Found" exception even though the URL seems to be correct: http://127.0.0.1:8888/catalogs/9999.
Pointing the browser to http://127.0.0.1:8888/metadata shows the metadata page with no operations.
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Note the assembly you pass in your AppHost Base constructor should be where all your service implementations are (i.e. not your AppHost), so try instead:
public class TestAppHost : AppHostHttpListenerBase
{
public TestAppHost() : base("TestService", typeof(CatalogService).Assembly){}
...
}