Asp.Net Mvc Web Api Routing issue

Question

I use Web Api for list of tales and I want to do this:

List GetAllTales() = api/tales/
Tale GetTale(int id) = api/tales/1
List GetAllTalesByCategory(string categoryName) = api/tales/kids
Tale GetTalesByCategoryAndId(string categoryName, int id) = api/tales/kids/1

I dont know what can ı do this or what can I change in route config?

My TalesController:ApiController

public IEnumerable<Tale> GetAllTales()
    {
        return TaleService.FindAllTale();
    }
public IEnumerable<Tale> GetAllTalesByCategory(string categoryName){}

    public Tale GetTale(int id)
    {
        Tale item = TaleService.FindByTaleId(id);
        if (item == null)
        {
            throw new HttpResponseException(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.NotFound));
        }

        return item;
    }

Its my WebApiConfig

config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "DefaultApi",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
            defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional },
            constraints: new { id = @"^[0-9]+$" }
        );

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

Some example for my aim : http://www.bbc.com/news/ - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology/

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:49:45Z

0

use the [HttpPost] and [HttpGet] attributes and specify the action name with [ActionName("Your Action Name")]

// api/tales/getall
[HttpGet]
[ActionName("getall")]
public IEnumerable<Tale> GetAllTales()
{
    return TaleService.FindAllTale();
}

like this you can decorate all the action with proper attributes to get it working as expected.

Edit

You can refer this answer for creating multiple routes Routing in Asp.net Mvc 4 and Web Api

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:49

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answered Dec 11, 2013 at 10:30

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3 Comments

BerdaN Over a year ago

Thanks for answer. I got it and I change my code but if ı write "/api/tales/kids" this request use GetTale(int id). And I didnt use [ActionName] with GetAllTalesByCategory function. Because this function have a lot of thing(entertainment...). I think I have to write diffirent MapRoute.

Anto Subash Over a year ago

see my edit it has an SO question which help you to create multiple routes.

BerdaN Over a year ago

I see and try something like that but again I didnt do it. So I change a little my question. Now it's more understandable.

Henry Liu · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-06 14:36:05Z

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

maybe you can try define this route ,and add ActionName like Anto's answer .

answered Jan 6, 2014 at 14:36

Henry Liu

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