ASP.NET MVC: How to Route Search Term with . (Period) at the end

Question

I get a 404 response from .Net MVC when I try to make a request where my search term ends with a . (period). This is the route that I\'m using:

Answer 1

I have solved a similar issue (I had trouble with paths like /music/R.E.M.) I've added the following line into the system.webServer/handlers section (adjusted for your case):

I've noted also, that

does work only if the period (.) is somewhere in the middle pair of slashes (e.g. /abc/d.e/f) and does not work when the period looks like a file type separator (e.g. /abc/de/f.g).