C#•13mo ago

Endpoint routing how to support users/me and users/<id>

Hey, how do I support both cases? Do i create multiple controllers?

4 Replies

Mee6OP•13mo ago

for example: /users/me/items will get the items from the current user thanks to JWT, but how at the same time can I support /users/<id>/items? Multiple controllers with different routes?

Pobiega•13mo ago

dont need multiple controllers, but you will need multiple actions

KuumaKoira•13mo ago

You can do it in single action in a controller. Something like that (sorry if code will look clumsy, writing it on phone)

[HttpGet("users/{id}/items")]
Public async Task<IActionResult> (string id)
{
   if(id == "me")  { /* get id of current user from jwt token and items from user with given id*/}
    else { /* get items of user with given id */

//Rest of controller body
}

[HttpGet("users/{id}/items")]
Public async Task<IActionResult> (string id)
{
   if(id == "me")  { /* get id of current user from jwt token and items from user with given id*/}
    else { /* get items of user with given id */

//Rest of controller body
}

Would look like that in very simple example

Pobiega•13mo ago

Please don't do that. It now allows users/meep/items too me is a special route value. allow it by a special action, and have another action take {id:int} do little to no logic in your actions, instead call shared methods that contain the actual logic there

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Endpoint routing how to support users/me and users/<id>