Changing ASP Core default route to different controller

Question

I cannnot get my ASP .NET Core MVC site to route to different controller other than Home. I changed the default route in Startup (it is the only route):

        app.UseMvc(routes =>
        {
            routes.MapRoute(name: "default", template: "{controller=profile}/{action=index}/{id?}");
        });

my ProfileController looks like:

public class ProfileController : Controller
{
    [HttpGet("index")]
    public IActionResult Index() 
    {
        return View();
    }
    ...
}

But all I get is 404 returned form the Kestrel server on navigating to base URL.

Answer 1

I've just created a new project and it worked for me. Maybe you're doing something else wrong.

Here's what I did.

• Create a new asp.net core web application project (choose MVC template)

• Update the default route in the Startup.cs:

  public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory) {
    loggerFactory.AddConsole(Configuration.GetSection("Logging"));
    loggerFactory.AddDebug();
  
    if (env.IsDevelopment()) {
      app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
      app.UseBrowserLink();
    } else {
      app.UseExceptionHandler("/Home/Error");
    }
  
    app.UseStaticFiles();
  
    app.UseMvc(routes => {
      routes.MapRoute(
          name: "default",
          template: "{controller=profile}/{action=index}/{id?}");
    });
  }
  

• Create the Profile Controller:

  public class ProfileController : Controller {
    // GET: /<controller>/
    public IActionResult Index() {
      return View();
    }
  }
  

• Create the Index View for the Profile Controller:

• Run the project and the Profile's Index page should open.

UPDATE:

The problem was the [HttpGet("index")] in the Profile Controller.