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tnw
tnw

Reputation: 13887

MVC RouteConfig routes one path to Controller but not another

I have two routes mapped in my RouteConfig:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

    routes.MapRoute(
        name: "Content",
        url: "Content/{item}.css",
        defaults: new
        {
            controller = "Content",
            action = "GetContent"
        }
    );

    routes.MapRoute(
        name: "Reports",
        url: "SubFolder/App/Views/OtherFolder/Reports/{report}.html",
        defaults: new
        {
            controller = "Reports",
            action = "GetReport"
        }
    );
}

For a URL like

http://example.com/SubFolder/App/Views/OtherFolder/Reports/someReport.html

The 2nd Route correctly fires off the GetReport method in ReportsController:

public ActionResult GetReport(string report) { .... }

But for a URL like

http://example.com/Content/app.css

I would expect the 1st Route to fire off the GetContent method in ContentController:

public ActionResult GetContent(string item) { ... }

but it does not. Any ideas how I can get this routed properly? Ideally I'd like any GET request for anything under the Content folder to be routed to ContentController, but I'm just starting with css files directly in that folder.

I'm on IIS 8.0, MVC 4.0, and using VS2012 if that makes a difference.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 761

Answers (1)

svanelten
svanelten

Reputation: 483

By default, MVC does not route static files and just tries to serve a static .css file under the requested path. Just remove the .css ending and the route will be used.

Edit: To be clearer the IIS tries to serve these static files before the MVC routehandling even comes into play.

Upvotes: 2

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