using Web API attribute routing and RoutePrefix

Question

When using web api, how does one call the proper routing methods if you use [RoutePrefix()]

Say you have something like "MyReallyLongNamedClassController". the default route would be http:...com/api/MyReallyLongNamedClass. The application then goes by methods named Get, Post, Put, etc (unless of course using verb decorators).

If I put a route prefix decorator of [RoutePrefix("api/LongClass")] on my controller, how can I have web api still use the defaults for the methods?

Meaning, I want the method named "GetAll()" to still map to "api/LongClass" (when using a get header) and "PostThis(int id)" to still map to "api/LongClass/{id}" (when using a post header)

Answer 1

Here's what I did to solve the problem without having to decorate all methods with annotations. I put RoutePrefix at the class level, as well as the default Route

[RoutePrefix("api/longclass")]
[Route("{id?}")]
public class MyReallyLongNamedClass: ApiController
{

    public string GetAll(int id)
    { 
        return "result";
    }


    public string PostThis([FromBody] MyModel model)
    {
       var res=  _repository.Save(model);
       return res;
    }
}