ASP.NET 5 Web Api Controller with multiple get methods
I have two other posts on multiple GET methods, both for Web Api 2.
the first shows how to use routes like
http://…/api/values/geta.the second shows
http://…/api/values/22orhttp://…/api/values/AAC1FB7B-978B-4C39-A90D-271A031BFE5D.
I was recently working on a Asp.Net 5 Web.Api application and needed a controller with multiple get methods.
I wanted to have something like GetByAdminId(int adminId) and GetByMemberId(int memberId) (yes I know people will say that you should have two controllers and maybe even two web services, but that is the scenario I was faced with).
Of course this should not be the most difficult problem, but it was not obvious either.
Here is the solution.
1using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc;
2
3namespace ControllerWithMultipleGetMethods.Controllers
4{
5 [Route("api/[controller]")] /* this is the default prefix for all routes, see line 20 for overriding it * /
6 public class ValuesController : Controller
7 {
8 [HttpGet] // this api/Values
9 public string Get()
10 {
11 return string.Format("Get: simple get");
12 }
13
14 [Route("GetByAdminId")] /* this route becomes api/[controller]/GetByAdminId * /
15 public string GetByAdminId([FromQuery] int adminId)
16 {
17 return $"GetByAdminId: You passed in {adminId}";
18 }
19
20 [Route("/someotherapi/[controller]/GetByMemberId")] /* note the / at the start, you need this to override the route at the controller level * /
21 public string GetByMemberId([FromQuery] int memberId)
22 {
23 return $"GetByMemberId: You passed in {memberId}";
24 }
25
26 [HttpGet]
27 [Route("IsFirstNumberBigger")] /* this route becomes api/[controller]/IsFirstNumberBigger * /
28 public string IsFirstNumberBigger([FromQuery] int firstNum, int secondNum)
29 {
30 if (firstNum > secondNum)
31 {
32 return $"{firstNum} is bigger than {secondNum}";
33 }
34 return $"{firstNum} is NOT bigger than {secondNum}";
35 }
36 }
37}