.NET 6 best way to differentiate a route in the same controller class

Question

I have an API controller say TestController.

I have the following route definition: api/[controller] on class level and I can call the default get method as follows: .../api/test

I want to have another method in the same controller, I also want to call it with Get and the link should be as follows: .../api/test-abc

What is the best way to differentiate this second method within the same controller class.

Answer 1

For test-abc, you can configure the Route attribute as ~/api/test-abc to override the controller base route. See this link for details.

[Route("api/[controller]")]
public class TestController : ControllerBase
{
  public IActionResult Get() 
  {
    // ...
  }

  [HttpGet]
  [Route("~/api/test-abc")]
  public IActionResult GetAbc()
  {
    // ...
  }
}

This approach changes only the URL of the "test-abc"-action; all other actions of the controller use the base URL configured on class level.