Had to remove this from app startup:

        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "DefaultApi",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
        );

Also, I learnt a lesson about LiveDll mode for Model Builder - it makes the back-end completely unusable performance-wise.

Instead I had to track down the hard-to-find documentation on how to use plain old Dll mode - having to generate one's own model.

And that my friends can be found in the Developer dashboard, 4th tab...

Seems a great tool but suffering from an identity crisis about once being a standalone package and now being part of Umbraco (7.4.1+)

The docs need a good clean up and some expansion with clear examples.

I've also been flaying in the dark about how to use the models in my own content web api service.

Thanks man. I removed the api route and that fixed it. But I needed my api route so I found out that if you just move it to the OnApplicationStarted event instead, it'll work like a charm.

public class Global : Umbraco.Web.UmbracoApplication
{
    protected override void OnApplicationStarted(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        GlobalConfiguration.Configure(WebApiConfig.Register); // NEW way
        RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
        base.OnApplicationStarted(sender, e);
    }
}

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