cannot add controller in .net RestApi

Question

I am trying to build a read only .net rest api using the following tutorial on Microsoft Docs-(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/web-api/overview/older-versions/build-restful-apis-with-aspnet-web-api)

According to the tutorial when i add a controller the following error popup.

I have tried other solutions on stackoverflow like

Clearing ComponentModelCache
Also deleting .vs folder in solution But nothing helped

Does this answer your question? [An error occurred while retrieving package metadata for \*\*\*](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45103492/an-error-occurred-while-retrieving-package-metadata-for) — SᴇM, Dec 12 '19 at 10:27
As a workaround for now, I suggest u to just copy your already existing "WeatherForecastController" and change the name — Csharpest, Dec 12 '19 at 12:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 12 '19 at 10:33

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Try changing your project to .NET Framework instead of .NET Core and make sure you are able to create a solution with .NET Framework. If the issue still persists please provide some additional log details of VisualStudio when creating with .NET Core

answered Dec 12 '19 at 10:33

Vijayakumar Natarajan

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But that is not going to be a solution. If i want the benefits of .net core than this solution will not be valid. – Alex Ferguson Dec 12 '19 at 10:35
The link you shared was referring to .NET Framework 4.5 as because of which I asked you to try it out with FW instead of core. – Vijayakumar Natarajan Dec 12 '19 at 10:38
The same problem is occurring in .net framework as well – Alex Ferguson Dec 12 '19 at 10:45

cannot add controller in .net RestApi

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