Routing in Asp.net Mvc 4 and Web Api

Question

Can I use the following two route rule together ?

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

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

Say by controller is = FruitApiController:ApiController and I wish to have the following

List<Fruit> Get() = api/FruitApi/
List<Fruit> GetSeasonalFruits() = api/FruitApi/GetSeasonalFruit
Fruit GetFruits(string id) = api/FruitApi/15
Fruit GetFruitsByName(string name) = api/FruitApi/GetFruitsByName/apple

Please help me on this. Thanks

interesting. my guess would be that controller/id would use the default index() action. — Ammar
– Ammar, Commented Oct 8, 2012 at 5:48
Possible duplicate of Web Api Routing for multiple Get methods in ASP.NET MVC 4 — Stephen
– Stephen, Commented Nov 18, 2015 at 9:19

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-08 07:01:50Z

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You could have a couple of routes:

public static class WebApiConfig
{
    public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
    {
        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "ApiById",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
            defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional },
            constraints: new { id = @"^[0-9]+$" }
        );

        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "ApiByName",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}/{name}",
            defaults: null,
            constraints: new { name = @"^[a-z]+$" }
        );

        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "ApiByAction",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}",
            defaults: new { action = "Get" }
        );
    }
}

answered Oct 8, 2012 at 7:01

Darin Dimitrov

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Shree Krishna · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-21 06:35:59Z

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config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "ApiByName",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}/{name}",
            defaults: null,
            constraints: new { name = @"^[a-z]+$" }
        );

edited Apr 21, 2016 at 6:35

Shree Krishna

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answered Apr 21, 2016 at 6:24

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