asp.net web api routing - Can I overload a Web API get call? -

asp.net web api routing - Can I overload a Web API get call? -

i'm trying set web api app able take like

/api/product/1 1 id , /api/product/somestringidentifier

the latter can not nail get(string alias) method. (int id) , getproducts() work fine.

routes

config.routes.maphttproute( name: "defaultapi", routetemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}", defaults: new { id = routeparameter.optional } ); config.routes.maphttproute( name: "aliasselector", routetemplate: "api/{controller}/{alias}" );

controller

[acceptverbs("get")] public iproduct get(int id) { homecoming new product(id); } [acceptverbs("get")] public iproduct get(string alias) { homecoming new product(alias); } [acceptverbs("get")] [actionname("products")] public ienumerable<iproduct> getproducts() { homecoming new products().tolist(); }

assuming id going integer , alias going string, seek adding route constraints so:

config.routes.maphttproute( name: "defaultapi", routetemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}", defaults: new { id = routeparameter.optional }, constraints: new { id = @"\d*" } ); config.routes.maphttproute( name: "aliasselector", routetemplate: "api/{controller}/{alias}", constraints: new { alias= @"[a-za-z]+" } );

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