No Controllers menu item on the Asp.net core 5.0 Web API project

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 Version 16.9.4 Windows 10 Pro

Any clue why I cannot see the Controllers menu item? This is the Asp.net core 5.0 Web API project

MS Doc says this:

But I cannot see that?

New items has this:

Update

CinamaApi.csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web"> <PropertyGroup> <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="5.6.3" /> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup> <Folder Include="Controllers\" /> </ItemGroup> </Project> 

1 Answer

OP's feedback

Need to install ASP.NET workload when install/update the VS

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Original

Based on the icon of your project, your project is not an API.

Go to your .csproj file and edit the first line into

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web"> 

Then you will scaffold item in your context menu

After a reload your project icon should become like this: