I try to trigger a specific method (the second one) in HeroesController class:
[HttpGet]
public IEnumerable<Hero> Get()
{
return Heroes;
}
[HttpGet("/name={term}")]
public IEnumerable<Hero> Get(string term)
{
return Heroes;
}
After calling this URL:
https://localhost:44375/heroes/?name=Spider
The first method is triggered, not the second. Why is that so? How to trigger the second one which receives term parameter?
As pointed out in the comments by King King, the url is not matched, but the best way to do this is;
[HttpGet]
public IEnumerable<Hero> Get([FromQuery] string term)
{
return Heroes;
}
Then the endpoint would be hit if a query parameter, term is passed https://localhost:44375/heroes?term=Spider
There are 2 things to distinguish here - URL parameters versus query parameters. If you want to supply variable while doing you GET HTTP call these are the options:
Variable you want to pass can be part of the URL:
http://localhost:8080/yourResourceName/{varValue}
[HttpGet]
public Task<IActionResult> Get(string varValue)
{
}
Variable you want to pass can be a query parameter:
http://localhost:8080/yourResourceName?varname={varValue}
[HttpGet]
public Task<IActionResult> Get([FromQuery]string varValue)
{
}
https://localhost:44375/heroes/name=Spider- but using the=in the pattern is unusual.Getmethod (as you said, it's invoked). The url you want has a part calledquery string. TheGetmethod then should be likeGet(string name). The secondGetmakes no sense, just remove the[HttpGet("/name={term}")]