Dot character '.' in MVC Web API 2 for request such as api/people/STAFF.45287
The URL I'm trying to let work is one in the style of: http://somedomain.com/api/people/staff.33311 (just like sites as LAST.FM allow all sort of signs in their RESTFul & WebPage urls, for example "http://www.last.fm/artist/psy'aviah" is a valid url for LAST.FM).
What works are following scenarios: - http://somedomain.com/api/people/ - which returns all people - http://somedomain.com/api/people/staff33311 - would work as well, but it's not what I'm after I'd want the url to accept a "dot", like the example below - http://somedomain.com/api/people/staff.33311 - but this gives me a
HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found
The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
I've set up following things:
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The controller "PeopleController"
public IEnumerable<Person> GetAllPeople() { return _people; } public IHttpActionResult GetPerson(string id) { var person = _people.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Id.ToLower().Equals(id.ToLower())); if (person == null) return NotFound(); return Ok(person); }
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The WebApiConfig.cs
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config) { // Web API configuration and services // Web API routes config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes(); config.Routes.MapHttpRoute( name: "DefaultApi", routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}", defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional } ); }
I already tried following all the tips of this blogpost http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ExperimentsInWackinessAllowingPercentsAnglebracketsAndOtherNaughtyThingsInTheASPNETIISRequestURL.aspx but it still won't work.. I also think it's quite tedious and I wonder if there isn't another, better and more secure way.
We have our Id's internally like this, so we're going to have to find a solution to fit the dot in one way or another, preferably in the style of "." but I'm open to alternative suggestions for urls if need be...
Solution 1:
Suffix the URL with a slash e.g. http://somedomain.com/api/people/staff.33311/
instead of http://somedomain.com/api/people/staff.33311
.
Solution 2:
Following setting in your web.config
file should fix your issue:
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />