Controller public class ExampleController : Controller { private readonly ISitecoreContext _sitecoreContext; public ExampleController () { } [System.Web.Http.HttpGet] // GET: Manifest public JsonResult Test() { return Json("test"); } } Register Route Pipeline public class RegisterTestApiRoute { public virtual void Process(PipelineArgs args) { RouteTable.Routes.MapHttpRoute( "testApi", "api/testing/{controller}/{action}" ); } } patching route in config <pipelines> <initialize> <processor type="TestProject.Pipelines.RegisterTestApiRoute, TestProject" patch:before="processor[@type='Sitecore.Mvc.Pipelines.Loader.InitializeRoutes, Sitecore.Mvc']" /> </initialize> </pipelines> with all above in place the following default sitecore webapi route works fine: http://localsitecore/api/sitecore/example/test but my custom route http://localsitecore/api/testing/example/test returns below error: {"Message":"No HTTP resource was found that matches the request URI 'http://localsitecore/api/testing/example/test'.","MessageDetail":"No type was found that matches the controller named 'example'."} I'm not sure why controller is not found, in a properly compiled code, I've tried below: - Restarted IIS - killed worker processes - cleared Visual Studio temp files No luck.. even browsed my project dll with reflector, the controller exists.. Am I missing anything here...?