c# - Setting up custom API route -

working in asp.net 4.6 here.

i have controller:

public class computercontroller : apicontroller {     ...      [httpget]     [route("api/computer/ping")]     public ihttpactionresult ping(int id)     {         return ok("hello");     }      ... } 

going this answer (look @ mstdev's answer), have in webapiconfig.cs:

// can use [route]? config.maphttpattributeroutes(); // handle defaults. config.routes.maphttproute(     name: "defaultapi",     routetemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",     defaults: new { id = routeparameter.optional } ); 

the route doesn't work.

no http resource found matches request uri 'http://localhost:29365/api/computer/ping'. 

this seems such simple problem, yet remain stumped. help?

your route missing {id} parameter. ex.

[route("api/category/{categoryid}")] public ienumerable<order> getcategoryid(int categoryid) { ... } 

your controller should this:

public class computercontroller : apicontroller {     ...      [httpget]     [route("api/computer/ping/{id}")]     public ihttpactionresult ping(int id)     {         return ok("hello");     }      ... }