Route
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Contact",
url: "Contact",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Contact" }
);
my controller
public class HomeController : BaseController
{
public ActionResult Contact()
{
ViewBag.Message = "Your contact page.";
return View();
}
}
My Global.asax
protected void Application_Start()
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
AuthConfig.RegisterAuth();
}
Finally my request url
http://localhost:1234/Contact/
Error on browser
The resource cannot be found.
Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.
Requested URL: /Contact/
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.18033
What am I doing wrong?
Solution:
Custom route should take the precedence
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Contact",
url: "Contact",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Contact" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
The Framework always tries to match the URL of the request to a route
in the order of the Routes added to the RouteCollection
So you should put the custom routes before the default route,
//Custom route
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Contact",
url: "Contact",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Contact" }
);
//default route
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);