Attribute routing in ASP NET Web API 2

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In this video we will discuss Attribute Routing introduced in ASP.NET Web API 2. Let us understand attribute routing with an example

What is Attribute Routing
Using the [Route] attribute to define routes is called Attribute Routing

What are the advantages of using Attribute Routing
Attribute routing gives us more control over the URIs than convention-based routing. Creating URI patterns like hierarchies of resources (For example, students have courses, Departments have employees) is very difficult with convention-based routing. With attribute routing all you have to do is use the [Route] attribute as shown below.

[Route("api/students/{id}/courses")]

How to enable Attribute Routing
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

Can we use both Attribute Routing and Convention-based routing in a single Web API project
Yes, both the routing mechanisms can be combined in a single Web API project. The controller action methods that have the [Route] attribute uses Attribute Routing, and the others without [Route] attribute uses Convention-based routing.

[dazzam]

Thank you so much. Your final comment regarding adding the config.MapAttributeRoutes(); in the WebApiConfig.cs saved me from going in sane. No idea why I missed this in the first place. Very clear and concise tutorials. Keep up the good work.

[NavinKumar-xrjn]

Super, your teaching skill with example is awesome.

[belmiris]

Thank you! I'm looking forward to watching your newer API videos for AspNet Core & Blazor.

[felterhills]

Thanks for the video teaching on REST API routing.

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[lonelylov]

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[noorjahan]

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[BigyanChap]

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[himeshnagar]

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[akhilnambiar]

Attribute routing was introduced in mvc 5 right??

[shazOfficialTech]

sir, please upload video of web api with rest concept.

[sarveshsingh-twch]

sir, is there any way to maintain state of data in webapi, just like asp.net have state management technology.

[sovanroy]

Sir,
Would you please discuss external authentication providers like Twitter, Microsoft?Thanks

[divyatnair]

Thank u, for your great videos.
I am facing an issue,
i hav a controller which has multiple post actions but an unable to call them due to 'Multiple actions were found that match the request' error.
Could you help me with this please?

[bonagiribhargavi]

Please make a video for how route if multiple routes having same name, different folders in web api

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Sir if possible show paypal Api integration also.

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How to create public authorisation for API

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