How to set routes in asp.net core application

Question

i have asp.net core application. In my application the default route is set to Home/Index/id

I have one more controller name Document

 public class DocumentController : Controller
 {
        public IActionResult Index(int? id)
        {          
           // id may be null. Do something with id here 
            return View();          
        }

        public IActionResult Detail(int id)
        {
          return View();
        }
 }

in startp.cs i have setup my route as below

app.UseMvc(routes =>
            {
                routes.MapRoute(
                    name: "default",
                    template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");

                routes.MapRoute(
                    name: "document",
                    template: "Document/{action}/{id?}",
                    defaults: new { controller = "Document", action = "Index" });

            });

i can browse the document view as http://localhost:40004/Document or http://localhost:40004/Document?id=1234

however i want the following routes to be valid
http://localhost:40004/Document/1234
http://localhost:40004/Document?id=1234
http://localhost:40004/Document/Details/1234
http://localhost:40004/Document/Details?id=1234

What should be my route configuration in startup.cs?

Your question update is different from your original post! You should not be doing that after someone posts an answer for your first post — Shyju
– Shyju, Commented Oct 24, 2016 at 22:21
no. they are two different routes . http://localhost:40004/Document/1234 should return Index view and http://localhost:40004/Document/Details/1234 should return Detail view — LP13
– LP13, Commented Oct 24, 2016 at 22:28

Shyju · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-24 22:36:53Z

3

EDIT : As per the question edit

app.UseMvc(routes =>
{
    routes.MapRoute(
        name: "default",
        template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");

    routes.MapRoute(
        name: "document",
        template: "Document/{id?}",
        defaults: new { controller = "Document", action = "Index" });
});

This route definition will work for all the route patterns you have

You do not need a specific route definition for the details url as it matches with the default convention(taken care by the default route definition). So it will work fine

edited Oct 24, 2016 at 22:36

answered Oct 24, 2016 at 22:10

Shyju

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LP13 Over a year ago

Document/1234 and Document/Details/4444 both routes should work

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