ASP.NET Web API binding with ninject

Question

I have just installed the mvc4 rc update and I am trying to build an api application with little luck.

I am using ninject but cant get my controllers to load. I keep getting an error

Type 'Api.Controllers.ConsumerController' does not have a default constructor

I am very new to mvc and using injection so please bear with me.

I havent done anything special to the default binding that is created via nuget

 public static class NinjectWebCommon 
{
    private static readonly Bootstrapper bootstrapper = new Bootstrapper();

    /// <summary>
    /// Starts the application
    /// </summary>
    public static void Start() 
    {
        DynamicModuleUtility.RegisterModule(typeof(OnePerRequestHttpModule));
        DynamicModuleUtility.RegisterModule(typeof(NinjectHttpModule));
        bootstrapper.Initialize(CreateKernel);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Stops the application.
    /// </summary>
    public static void Stop()
    {
        bootstrapper.ShutDown();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Creates the kernel that will manage your application.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>The created kernel.</returns>
    private static IKernel CreateKernel()
    {
        var kernel = new StandardKernel();
        kernel.Bind<Func<IKernel>>().ToMethod(ctx => () => new Bootstrapper().Kernel);
        kernel.Bind<IHttpModule>().To<HttpApplicationInitializationHttpModule>();

        RegisterServices(kernel);
        return kernel;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Load your modules or register your services here!
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="kernel">The kernel.</param>
    private static void RegisterServices(IKernel kernel)
    {
        kernel.Bind<IConsumerRepository>().To<ConsumerRepository>();
    }        
}

My controller looks like

   private readonly IConsumerRepository _repository;

    public ConsumerController(IConsumerRepository repository)
    {
        _repository = repository;
    }

    [HttpGet]
    public IQueryable<Consumer> Get(Guid id)
    {
        return _repository.Get(id).AsQueryable();
    }

What do I need to do to get the api controllers to work with ninject?

Sorry if this is simple stuff

I tried your suggestion Michael however after changing the the webcommon.cs to this

  private static IKernel CreateKernel()
    {
        var kernel = new StandardKernel();
        kernel.Bind<Func<IKernel>>().ToMethod(ctx => () => new Bootstrapper().Kernel);
        kernel.Bind<IHttpModule>().To<HttpApplicationInitializationHttpModule>();

        RegisterServices(kernel);
        GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.DependencyResolver = new NinjectDependencyResolver(kernel);
        return kernel;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Load your modules or register your services here!
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="kernel">The kernel.</param>
    private static void RegisterServices(IKernel kernel)
    {
        kernel.Bind<IConsumerRepository>().To<ConsumerRepository>();
    }

I get an error when

var kernel = new StandardKernel();

is called

Method 'GetFilters' in type 'Ninject.Web.WebApi.Filter.DefaultFilterProvider' from assembly 'Ninject.Web.WebApi, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c7192dc5380945e7' does not have an implementation.

What am I missing?

Answer 1

I asked Brad Wilson about this and it has changed in MVC4 RC.

GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.ServiceResolver has been moved to GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.DependencyResolver

Use this implementation to create a Ninject DependencyResolver for your Web Api: https://gist.github.com/2417226

In NinjectWebCommon.cs:

// Register Dependencies
RegisterServices(kernel);

// Set Web API Resolver
GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.DependencyResolver = new NinjectDependencyResolver(kernel);