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Isaac Borrero
Isaac Borrero

Reputation: 33

How do you direct an ASP.NET MVC route to a static file?

I have an Angular2 app (RC1) that is bootstrapped from index.html. I want to setup an ASP.NET Core (RC2) route that sends all route requests with the pattern localhost/fs/* to the index.html file in wwwroot. Any thoughts?

I know I can do this with a MVC HomeController and Index view. But, I was hoping to not need a view controller. I am using MVC for API controllers.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 779

Answers (1)

Dmitry
Dmitry

Reputation: 16795

Best solution to serve static file - use UseStaticFiles in Startup.cs.

As soon as you need to "redirect" several incoming urls into one static file - I think best decision is to write custom middleware which will check incoming requests and rewrite Path when required. Then place this middleware before UseStaticFiles in Startup.Configure. This will work without MVC.

Of course this custom middleware may redirect user to /index.html file (send 301 / 302 http status code with Location http-header), and user will make another request for index file, but I don't think you need this behavior.

Upvotes: 0

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