When I click on Add, even the Class item is grayed. Somehow it won't allow me to add anything but some Azure.. items. I wish I knew how to capture a menu using Snagit and I would show you.

>Just add a regular class and paste the code into it. If you are adding yours from scratch then all that matters is that the class be derived from ApiController as in the example....
>HTH
>
>>I wanted to add your example of the ApiController to the project that VS created (for learning/testing). When I right-mouse click on the Controllers folder I don't see how I can add it. The item Controllers is grayed. What am I not understanding?
>>
>>>> Like, do I need to know how the routing works, in MVC?
>>>
>>>Not if you use attribute routing. It's one (probably the main) advantage. e.g.:

    [RoutePrefix("api/chat")]
>>>    public class MyChatController : ApiController
>>>    {
>>>        [HttpGet]
>>>        [Route("/greeting")]
>>>        public HttpResponseMessage SayHello ()
>>>        {
>>>            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, "Hello World");
>>>        }
>>>        [HttpGet]
>>>        [Route("/farewell")]
>>>        public HttpResponseMessage GoodBye()
>>>        {
>>>            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, "See you later");
>>>        }
>>>    }

So the routing is controlled solely by the RoutePrefix and Route attributes rather than the method names: e.g:

http://mysite.com/api/chat/greeting