How to route Overidden Get methods in ASP.Net - asp.net

Question

there is a TaskController : ApiController
which contains 2 Get methods
public string Get(string cNumber){...}
public string Get(string task, string eNumber, string cNumber){...}
Configs are by defualt
public static class WebApiConfig
{
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SupportedMediaTypes
.Add(new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/html"));
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "DefaultApi",
routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
public class RouteConfig
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
The first GET should be called like
http://localhost:50159/api/task?cnumber=123456
The second GET should be called like
http://localhost:50159/api/task?enumber=42&cnumber=123456
The issue is that always the first GET called.
Could somebody explain me why and how to fix it?
P.s. it is basically the first time when I work with asp.net MVC so remember that fact please when you will answer or asked me additional questions.

Answer 1

try like this ,it will fix your issue
[HttpGet("cnumber")]
public string Get(string cNumber){...}
[HttpGet("eNumber")]
public string Get(string task, string eNumber, string cNumber){...}
and while calling that api from postman use api/Task/cnumber and api/Task/enumber respectively.
By using this way ,you can create as many get() method you want.
just provide route to that get() method as per above code