.NET web api won't accept %2E or . in api request uri

Question

We're trying to create our first web api using the .net framework. To try this we've used this demo project: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/549152/Introduction-to-ASP-NET-Web-API

In this project we've changed the find() function of the AJAX script so it only sends one var to our new democontroller.:

<script>
    var uri = 'api/Demo';
function find() {
        var id = encodeURIComponent($('#prodId').val());
      $.getJSON(uri + '/' + id)
          .done(function (data) {
            $('#product').text(data);
          })
          .fail(function (jqXHR, textStatus, err) {
            $('#product').text('Error: ' + err);
          });
    }
    </script>

The function in this democontroller returns the exact input so we can see that it works:

public class DemoController : ApiController
{
    public IEnumerable<String> Get()
    {
        List<string> bla = new List<string>();
        bla.Add("DEMO!!!");
        return bla;
    }

    public IHttpActionResult Get(string id)
    {
        return Ok(id);
        //return input for test;
    }

}

All the strings we send work perfectly exapt strings which contains a '.' or '%2E' this causes a error: NOT FOUND. This will still happen if we set a static answer.

What can we do to fix this? We are trying to send an email adress so we need the '.'.

Yup, this issue is widely covered in other articles. Personally, I had the same issue when trying to send a date/time in a URL, and the "10.13am" part prevented it from working. My solution was to submit it as "10-23am" in the URL, then replace the minus-sign back to a full-stop on the server. — Mike Gledhill, Jun 23 '15 at 14:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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Have a look at this answer MVC4 project - cannot have dot in parameter value?

Try changing the Web.Config file

 <system.web>
      <httpRuntime relaxedUrlToFileSystemMapping="true" />
 </system.web>

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Jun 23 '15 at 14:26

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