Unable to access my web api data directly by typing the url from a browser

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Hi Everyone!

I have just started with my first api project. It runs successfully and shows me my data in xml format on the browser.The url on the browser says localhost:<portno>/api/employees

My question is: how can i access the same data by directly typing on the above url (localhost:<portno>/api/employees) from a browser on another machine?

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I have just started with my first api project. It runs successfully and shows me my data in xml format on the browser.The url on the browser says localhost:<portno>/api/employees

My question is: how can i access the same data by directly typing on the above url (localhost:<portno>/api/employees) from a browser on another machine?

Posted 18-Jan-17 8:59am

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Updated 18-Jan-17 9:38am

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2017-01-18T09:37:00

Assuming you don't have a firewall between the two computers, just replace "localhost" with the name or IP address of your computer.

So instead of: http://localhost:port/api/employees
Use: http://your-pc-name:port/api/employees

If you have a firewall between the computers, you'll either need to open the port, or host your API in IIS on port 80 instead of using Visual Studio's built-in web server.