ASPNET MVC Custom route fails with "No type was found that matches the controller named 'Home'."

asp.net-mvc, routes

Solution

`MapHttpRoute` routes to a Web API controller inheriting `ApiController`.

In your example HomeController inherits the standard `Controller` (not ApiController), you need to use `MapRoute` instead for the controller to be found:

routes.MapRoute(
  name: "HomeDetails",
  url: "Home/Detail/{articleId}/{articleVersion}",
  defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Detail", articleId = 0, articleVersion = 0.0 }
);

Problem

I'm trying to create a custom route to handle a specific url with multiple parameters. I have added a new new route definition to the global.asax but when I try to navigate to the action I get the error message "No type was found that matches the controller named 'Home'." Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong? Global.asax: ``` public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) { routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}"); routes.MapHttpRoute( name: "HomeDetails", routeTemplate: "Home/Detail/{articleId}/{articleVersion}", defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Detail", articleId = "0", articleVersion = "0.0" } ); //routes.MapHttpRoute( // name: "DefaultApi", // routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}", // defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional } //); routes.MapRoute( name: "Default", url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}", defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } ); } ``` Controller: ``` public class HomeController : Controller { public ViewResult Index() { return View(); } public ViewResult Detail(int articleId, decimal articleVersion) { // does stuff here... return View(model); } } ``` The url I'm trying to hit would be something like `http://localhost/home/detail/1234/1.2`

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