Web API Routing - api/{controller}/{action}/{id} “dysfunctions” api/{controller}/{id}

Question

I have the default Route in Global.asax:

 RouteTable.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
         name: \"DefaultApi\",
         routeTemplate: \"api/{controller}/{id}\",
          


        

Answer 1

You can solve your problem with help of Attribute routing

Controller

[Route("api/category/{categoryId}")]
public IEnumerable GetCategoryId(int categoryId) { ... }

URI in jquery

api/category/1

Route Configuration

using System.Web.Http;

namespace WebApplication
{
    public static class WebApiConfig
    {
        public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
        {
            // Web API routes
            config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

            // Other Web API configuration not shown.
        }
    }
}

and your default routing is working as default convention-based routing

Controller

public string Get(int id)
    {
        return "object of id id";
    }   

URI in Jquery

/api/records/1 

Route Configuration

public static class WebApiConfig
{
    public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
    {
        // Attribute routing.
        config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

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

Review article for more information Attribute routing and onvention-based routing here & this