using System; using System. IO; using System. Web. Http; using System. Web. Http. SelfHost; var address = "http://localhost: 8080"; var conf = new HttpSelfHostConfiguration(new Uri(address)); conf. Routes. MapHttpRoute(name: "DefaultApi", routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}", defaults: new {id = RouteParameter. Optional}); var server = new HttpSelfHostServer(conf); server. OpenAsync(). Wait(); Console. WriteLine("Listening..."); Console. ReadKey();