How to make more MapHttpRoutes for MVC 4 Api
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I believe the pattern api/{controller}/{cUser}
in "CreateUser" route is matching with rest of the controller actions because of its more generic pattern. Use specific controller name in the routes as "User" (api/User/{cUser}) and "Game" (api/Game/{playerId}). The more specific routes should be at the top and more generic at the bottom.
routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "CreateUser",
routeTemplate: "api/User/{cUser}",
defaults: new
{
controller = "User",
action = "CreateUser",
cUser = RouteParameter.Optional
}
);
routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "AllGames",
routeTemplate: "api/Game/{playerId}",
defaults: new
{
controller = "Game",
action = "GetAllGames",
playerId = RouteParameter.Optional
}
);
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Mech0z over 1 year
I have 2 API routes for my API atm, but I want to add more, and the way I am doing it it seems to overwrite each other, so in the code I pasted, only the
CreateUser
route works.public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) { routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}"); routes.MapHttpRoute( name: "CreateUser", routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{cUser}", defaults: new { controller = "User", action = "CreateUser", cUser = RouteParameter.Optional }); routes.MapHttpRoute( name: "AllGames", routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{playerId}", defaults: new { controller = "Game", action = "GetAllGames", playerId = RouteParameter.Optional }); routes.MapRoute( name: "Default", url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}", defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }); }