How to pass a dot in a web API path segment URL?

Asked Mar 12 '18 at 15:14

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Using Web API 2, I am trying to expose an endpoint with the following Route attribute:

[Route("foo/{id}/bar")]
public HttpResponseMessage Foo(string id)

I want to be able to pass the value . or .. into my id variable. It seems it's impossible, I tried encoding the path segment (foo/%2E/bar) with no luck.

Reading the RFC about URL normalization, it seems dots in path segments should not be encoded, BUT path segments containing only one or two dots (and only this) must be simplified. Does this mean that URL explicitly forbid what I am trying to achieve by design?

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asked Mar 12 '18 at 15:14

Maxime Rossini

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Pass special string and then replace it. – Hussein Salman Mar 12 '18 at 15:16
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Here states it isn't possible: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3856693/a-url-resource-that-is-a-dot-2e – Sasha Mar 12 '18 at 15:23

How to pass a dot in a web API path segment URL?

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