Problem in routing in mvc 4

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I have tow Routes in Global.asax. Both are correct but the problem is that only route run which is first e.g if my url us api/catagory/GetAllCatagory then it run fine but if my url is api/catagory/Id then it gives error.

C#

routes.MapHttpRoute(
              name: "ActionApi",
              routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
              defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional });




          routes.MapHttpRoute(
               name: "DefaultApi",
               routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
               defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional });

Posted 24-Oct-14 0:32am

fak_farrukh

Updated 24-Oct-14 0:34am

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Sinisa Hajnal · Answer 1 · 2014-10-24T00:40:00

Not an expert on routing, but since your id is optional it may be the following.
Let's say you send api/category/id

First route is read and it matches your api/controller/action (since you have three parts and computer does not distinguish the names for meaning) - that is, first route matches as if it is action request without parameters.

Therefore, your route tries to map id from api/category/id to action in api/{controller}/{action}

Try setting id in first route as mandatory.

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