ASP Core: how to route to API Controller that is located in the area folder?

Question

The structure:

+ MyProj
   + Areas
       + Configuration
          - Pages
          - ConfigurationApiController.cs

To create controller without Controllers folder was proposed by VS2017 and it is ok for me since I use Razor Pages and do not need Controllers folder:

Those doesn't work:

• http://localhost:8080/api/Users
• http://localhost:8080/api/GetUsers
• http://localhost:8080/Configuration/api/Users
• http://localhost:8080/Configuration/api/GetUsers

Controller defined:

[Route("api")]
[Produces("application/json")]
[ApiController]
public class ConfigurationApiController : ControllerBase
{
    private readonly ApplicationSettings applicationSettings;
    [HttpGet]
    public ActionResult GetUsers()
    {

Mvc routing configured standard way:

app.UseMvc(routes =>
            {

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

How to route to GetUsers action of ConfigurationApiController ?

Answer 1

Modify the api route and add the Area Attribute to provide the area name for [area] route.

    [Area("Configuration")]
    [Route("[area]/api/[controller]")]
    [ApiController]
    public class ConfigurationApiController : ControllerBase
    {
    }

That's all, and it can be accessed at http://localhost:8080/Configuration/api/ConfigurationApi