.NET MVC routing (ignore file extension)

Question

I want to set up a proxy page for Azure Blob Storage.

I want all requests that match /^MyArea\/Asset\/.*$/ to route to the MyArea.IndexController.AssetAction.

public class MyAreaAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration 
{
    public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context) 
    {
        context.MapRoute(
            "MyArea_assets",
            "MyArea/Asset/{resource}",
            new { controller = "Index", action = "Asset"}
        );
    }
}

I will then do the following in the Action.

public ActionResult Asset(string resource)
{
    // fetch content from Azure Blob Storage and return it.
    return Content(/* some conent */);
}

This works okay if the request is /MyArea/Asset/foo but doesn't if its /MyArea/Asset/foo.txt.

How can I get the router to ignore the file extension and pass everything to a single action?

--

The extension can be anything .txt, .js, .json etc. I still want the JsonResult overloads to work elsewhere in the app.

See this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19972092/asp-net-mvc-route-with-values-before-the-controller-and-no-trailing-slash/19978599#19978599 — LostInComputer, Jan 23 '14 at 14:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '14 at 01:11

2

  <system.webServer>
     <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">

answered Jan 25 '14 at 01:11

Nathan

1,016
7
16

I've done this in the Area web.config and it doesn't work. Do I need to do anything else? – Simon Feb 03 '14 at 17:01
1

Is it in your top level web.config? – Nathan Feb 03 '14 at 18:29

.NET MVC routing (ignore file extension)

1 Answers1