C# Web Api Routing - asp.net-web-api

Question

Goal: I want to define REST verb names and link them to the REST routes. Next, I want to map custom rules to a defined action name:
GET / => Get()
GET /1 => Get(int id)
POST / => Post()
PUT / => Put()
DELETE /1 => Delete(int id)
GET /custom => [HttpGet][ActionName("custom")] GetCustom()
I have in OwinStartup.cs:
httpConfiguration.Routes.MapHttpRoute (
name: "ControllerWithId",
routeTemplate: "rest/{controller}/{id}",
constraints: new {
id = #"^\d+$"
},
defaults: new {
action = "Index",
id = RouteParameter.Optional
});
httpConfiguration.Routes.MapHttpRoute (
name: "ControllerWithAction",
routeTemplate: "rest/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new {
action = "Index",
id = RouteParameter.Optional
});
I have an ApiController:
public class MyController : ApiController {
public async Task<IEnumerable<object>> Get() {}
public async Task<object> Get(int id) {}
public async Task Post([FromBody] data) {}
public async Task Put(int id, [FromBody] data) {}
public async Task Delete(int id) {}
[HttpGet][ActionName("custom")]
public async Task Custom() {}
}
They all return 404 except for custom. It would suck to have to add an ActionName to each REST method. What is the most concise solution?

Answer 1

ASP.NET MVC doesn't provide an easy method using their named conventions for CRUD/custom endpoints. I went the ugly route and explicitly specified ActionName("") for each CRUD method.
reyan-chougle's solution requires you to hardcode strings in your code which is bad practice. I tried to add magic strings to the attributes but got compiler errors.
Solution:
[HttpGet]
[ActionName (Consts.defaultActionMethdName)]
public IEnumerable<Model> Get () {}
[HttpGet]
[ActionName (Consts.defaultActionMethdName)]
public Model Get (int id) {}
[ActionName (Consts.defaultActionMethdName)]
public IHttpActionResult Post ([FromBody] Model input) {}
[ActionName (Consts.defaultActionMethdName)]
public IHttpActionResult Put (int id, [FromBody] Model input) {}
[ActionName (Consts.defaultActionMethdName)]
public IHttpActionResult Delete (int id) {}
[HttpGet]
[ActionName("custom")]
public async Task Custom() {}