Match a url to a route in ASP.NET

Question

I am developing a REST API using ASP.NET and i need to accept a parameter in the body of a random POST request in the API that represents another API resource.

As for an example, Suppose we have:

api/files api/operations

Two resource representations that represent files and operations that can be performed on files.

Suppose i would like to accept an operation through POST request that merges two files, i would accept an object as following.

operation { name: 'merge', parameters: ['api/files/1', 'api/files/2'] }

I would like to verify the urls submitted in the parameters array. A first step would be match the urls to API routes so i can tell which resource the parameter target.

I created a sample ASP.NET Web API project using visual studio 2017 and debugged the following method. Nothing special except the "arrange" and "act" were taken from here.

// GET api/values
        public IEnumerable<string> Get()
        {
            // Arrange
            var context = new StubHttpContextForRouting(requestUrl: "~/api/values");

            // Act
            RouteData routeData = RouteTable.Routes.GetRouteData(context);

            return new string[] { "value1", "value2" };
        }

The routeData always returns a route that has an empty template which i don't know why it is there.

This is not a duplicate of Test if a request's URL is in the Route table. Because that solution didn't work for me.

Is there any solution or alternative for this (except writing a helper parser for string url to match with routes) ?

api/operations/merge that takes a list of fileIds to merge would likely be easier to manage. — Shane Ray, Mar 06 '18 at 14:56
That was an example. Actually, i have multiple operations and i would like to be RESTful representing resources not actions. — Anis Tissaoui, Mar 06 '18 at 15:02
I referenced it in the thread already. it is [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36894210/test-if-a-requests-url-is-in-the-route-table/37215782#37215782) — Anis Tissaoui, Mar 07 '18 at 08:16

Match a url to a route in ASP.NET

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