Ndtyjky

I have these controller methods in my web api, both of them accept HttpPost.
The Process() method receives a complex type parameter in the body.
The Install method receives a string parameter in the body.
The Process method is called successfully, but the Install method fails with error 404 - not found, I assume the routing is failing, but I just can't figure out what am I doing wrong...

        [HttpPost]

        [ResponseType(typeof(IProcessableObject))]

        [Route("Workflow/Process")]

        public IHttpActionResult Process([FromBody]SerializedObject request)

        {

            try

            {

                Type objectType = ResolveType(request.ObjectType);

                IProcessableObject obj = (IProcessableObject)JsonSerializer.Deserialize(request.RawObject, objectType);

                log.DebugFormat("Processing {0} with workflow {1}", objectType.Name, obj.WorkflowId);

                var workflow = workflowController.Get(obj.WorkflowId, true);

                var workflowProcessor = new WorkflowProcessor(obj, workflow);

                if (workflowProcessor.Process())

                    return Ok(obj);

                return InternalServerError();

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                log.Error(string.Format("Failed processing object {0}", request.ObjectType), ex);

                return InternalServerError();

            }

        }



        [HttpPost]

        [ResponseType(typeof(int))]

        [Route("Workflow/Install/{userName}")]

        public IHttpActionResult Install(string userName, [FromBody]string xmlTemplate)

        {

            try

            {

                log.DebugFormat("User {0} is installing new workflow:{1}{2}", userName, Environment.NewLine, xmlTemplate);

                var wf = workflowController.Install(xmlTemplate, userName);

                if (wf == null)

                    return BadRequest();

                return Ok(wf.WorkflowId);

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                log.Error("Failed installing workflow", ex);

                return InternalServerError();

            }

        }

And from my MVC application I call them like this:

        public static IProcessableObject Process(IProcessableObject obj, bool isProxy = false)

        {



            string requestURL = string.Concat(wfServiceUrl, "Workflow/Process");

            var requestData = new SerializedObject

            {

                RawObject = JsonSerializer.Serialize(obj),

                ObjectType = isProxy ? obj.GetType().BaseType.AssemblyQualifiedName : obj.GetType().AssemblyQualifiedName

            };



            using (var client = new WebClient())

            {

                client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/json";



                var result = client.UploadString(requestURL, JsonSerializer.Serialize(requestData));

                return (IProcessableObject)JsonSerializer.Deserialize(result, isProxy ? obj.GetType().BaseType : obj.GetType());

            }

        }



        public static int Install(string workflowTemplate, string userName)

        {

            string requestURL = string.Concat(wfServiceUrl, "Workflow/Install/", userName);





            using (var client = new WebClient())

            {

                client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/json";



                var result = client.UploadString(requestURL, JsonSerializer.Serialize(workflowTemplate));

                return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<int>(result);

            }

        }







public static class WebApiConfig

    {

        public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)

        {

            // Web API configuration and services



            // Web API routes

            config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();



            config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(

                name: "DefaultApi",

                routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",

                defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }

            );



            config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SupportedMediaTypes.Add(new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/html"));

        }

    }

Try changing this:

[Route("Workflow/Install/{userName}")]

For this:

[Route("api/Workflow/Install/{userName}")]

And do the same with your other routes, add api/ and that should work.