Route that automatically gets name from webapi action

Question

I have ApiController that looks like

[RoutePrefix("Companies")]
public class CompanyController : ApiController
{
  [HttpGet]
  [Route("GetCompanyProfile")]
  public GetProfileOutput GetCompanyProfile()
  {
     // some code
  }
}

Now, if I try to simplify the code so that I dont have to specify the route name explicitely, but instead reuse the action function name, it looks like this:

[RoutePrefix("Companies")]
public class CompanyController : ApiController
{
  [Route, HttpGet]
  public GetProfileOutput GetCompanyProfile()
  {
     // some code
  }
}

But now, the GetCompanyProfile action is not any longer recognized.

What is my code actually doing? Is there a way to have the route name automatically fetched from the action name?

Try using `[Route(Companies)]` on your class, and then just don't include the Route attribute on the method, i.e. just `[HttpGet]` — LordWilmore, Mar 11 '22 at 09:33
Can you show us how you mapped your routes inside `RegisterRoutes`? — Prasad Telkikar, Mar 11 '22 at 09:34
In `Global.asax.cs`, I use `config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();` — Anders Lindén, Mar 11 '22 at 10:32

Serge · Answer 1 · 2022-03-11T12:55:59.210

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try this

[Route("Companies/[action]")]
public class CompanyController : ApiController
{
   public GetProfileOutput GetCompanyProfile()
  {
     // some code
  }
}

but if it is possible change controller name to CompaniesController. In this case you will not need an attribute routing

edited Mar 11 '22 at 12:55

answered Mar 11 '22 at 12:43

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