Postman getting 404 error for simple ASP.NET Core Web API

Question

I have set up a very simple ASP.NET Core 2.1 Web API project, and have created to following simple controller that fetches entites using EF Core.

The problem is that when trying to access the GetEntities method using Postman, the response is a 404 error. I used an HTTP GET method on the following URL.

https://localhost:44311/api/entities

The response body contains the message <pre>Cannot GET /api/entities</pre>.

Why is Postman receiving a 404 error for this route?

EntitiesController.cs

namespace MyProject.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/controller")]
    public class EntitiesController : Controller
    {
        private readonly ApplicationDbContext dbContext;

        public EntitiesController(ApplicationDbContext _dbContext)
        {
            this.dbContext = _dbContext;
        }

        [HttpGet]
        public IActionResult GetEntities()
        {
            var result = dbContext.Entities.ToListAsync();
            return Ok(result);
        }
    }
}

crayden · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-22 00:31:04Z

Why is Postman receiving a 404 error for this route?

The issue was the controller token [controller] was missing from the route template on the controller, causing the route to be hard-coded to api/controller.

That meant that when requesting api/entities it technically did not exist and thus 404 Not Found when requested.

Update the route template on the controller.

[Route("api/[controller]")]
public class EntitiesController : Controller {
    private readonly ApplicationDbContext dbContext;

    public EntitiesController(ApplicationDbContext _dbContext) {
        this.dbContext = _dbContext;
    }

    //GET api/entities
    [HttpGet]
    public async Task<IActionResult> GetEntities() {
        var result = await dbContext.Entities.ToListAsync();
        return Ok(result);
    }
}

Reference Routing to controller actions in ASP.NET Core : Token replacement in route templates ([controller], [action], [area])

SBFrancies · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-10 09:48:36Z

6

Your route is "api/controller", not "api/entities". You need to put square brackets around "controller" for the desired effect - "api/[controller]".

edited Dec 10, 2019 at 9:48

answered Jul 21, 2018 at 23:57

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Prakash Pengoria · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-28 14:28:26Z

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Makesure the controller file name and the class name is correct, it should be postfix with word"Controller" eg., UsersController.cs

answered Apr 28, 2020 at 14:28

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