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  Mech0z

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  Cant get my routing to work

  Apr 27, 2012 09:40 AM|LINK

  I am trying to get a hold of using RESTful on MVC 4 to give me an API I can use on WP/Android/Iphone, so for starters (This method will be remade later, this is just for testing purposes)

  I have a WP app that communicates with the server and sends it a json object and recieves a json object using restclient

  private void ButtonOptionTap(object sender, EventArgs e)
          {
              RestClient client = new RestClient();
              client.BaseUrl = "http://localhost:21688/API/Account/Login";
  
              RestRequest request = new RestRequest();
              request.Method = Method.POST;
              request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Json;
  
              User user = new User
              {
                  UserName = "muhcow",
                  Password = "123456"
              };
  
              request.AddBody(user);
              
              client.PostAsync<LoginResult>(request, (response, ds) => {
                  LoginResult result = response.Data;
                  System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(response.Content);
              });
          }

  And then I have my servercode which I first tried making a normal controller and then just making a controller called account and an action called login taking a httppost, and that worked fine, but from what I can read its not the way to do rest!

  So I tried making a controller inheriting from apicontroller but now I got issues even getting routed to the Post action in the LoginController

  So post is in Domain\API\Login\LoginController

  And the post action is like so

      public string Post(Login loginModel)
      {
          LoginResponse loginResponse = new LoginResponse();
          if (Membership.ValidateUser(loginModel.UserName, loginModel.Password))
          {
              loginResponse.Success = true;
              loginResponse.Token = "11111111111111111";
  
              return Json.Encode(loginResponse);
          }
  
          loginResponse.Success = false;
          loginResponse.Error = 1;
          return Json.Encode(loginResponse);
      }
  

  but with the current code that is not hit (Checking with breakpoints)

  I havent changed the MapRoute yet so its just

      public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
      {
          context.MapRoute(
              "API_default",
              "API/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
              new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
          );
      }

  • Edited by Mech0z on Apr 27, 2012 09:41 AM
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  DarrellNorto...

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  Re: Cant get my routing to work

  Apr 27, 2012 10:16 AM|LINK

  You need to use MapHttpRoute not MapRoute for WebApi to work:

  routes.MapHttpRoute("Default API Route",
          "api/1.0/{controller}/{id}",
          new
          {
            id = RouteParameter.Optional
          });

  
  
  

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  • Edited by DarrellNorton on Apr 27, 2012 10:16 AM
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  Mech0z

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  Re: Cant get my routing to work

  Apr 27, 2012 10:39 AM|LINK

  So my APIAreaRegistration needs to changed?

  using System.Web.Mvc;
  
  namespace WebSite.Areas.API
  {
      public class APIAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration
      {
          public override string AreaName
          {
              get
              {
                  return "API";
              }
          }
  
          public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
          {
              context.MapHttpRoute(
                  "API_default",
                  "API/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                  new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
              );
          }
      }
  }

  
  
  

  to something like this?

  public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
  {
      var Route1 = routes.MapHttpRoute
      (
          name: "ClientApi",
          routeTemplate: "client/{controller}/{param1}"
      );
      Route1.DataTokens["Namespaces"] = new string[] {"Client"};
  
      var Route2 = routes.MapHttpRoute
      (
          name: "OrderApi",
          routeTemplate: "order/{controller}/{param1}"
      );
      Route2.DataTokens["Namespaces"] = new string[] { "Order" };
  }

  
  If yes, how do I do that for areas or should I change the Global.asax?

  • Edited by Mech0z on Apr 27, 2012 10:40 AM
  • Edited by Mech0z on Apr 27, 2012 11:00 AM
  • Edited by Mech0z on Apr 27, 2012 11:10 AM