title: Changing the Host Name of a Web API Project Using Local IIS
body: <p>I'm new to Web API. I followed the startup project <a href="http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/getting-started-with-aspnet-web-api/tutorial-your-first-web-api" rel="nofollow">found on this page</a> and I was able to create a Web API project that works via IIS Express. Next, I followed <a href="http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/2b481f/how-to-host-Asp-Net-web-api-on-iis-server/" rel="nofollow">this tutorial</a> and now have my project hosted in IIS (I'm running IIS 7.5 on Windows 7).</p>
  
  <p>I'd like to change the host name to "web-api-test" so I'm not using "localhost". When I change the host name to "web-api-test", I cannot get a response from the endpoint. I'm using POSTMAN (a chrome extension) using the GET verb with the url of "web-api-test/api/values". If I try this in Chrome, a Google search takes over and trys to search for the URL.</p>
  
  <p>How can I change the host name of my Web API project in IIS?</p>