1. Forward slash in routing parameter

Question

I have a GET end point which will take user name as parameter. Below is the action

[Route("user/{userName}")]
public User GetUserByName([FromUri] string userName)
{
  // logic here
}

This is how i make the request.

var restClient = new RestClient("uri");
var request = new RestRequest("user/" + userName);
var response = restClient.Execute(request);

It worked fine for all cases till a user with name containing forward slash came. Eg: Akbar/Badhusha Then the request will looks like user/Akbar/Badhusha

This causing the request to return Not Fount error

I tried to add the parameter with AddQueryParameter method. All returning Not found error.

I also tried HttpUtility.UrlEncode
Also tried replacing / with %2f
Also tried user?userName=Akbar/Badhusha

All of them failed.

Is there any way to make it work?

Does it work if you send as querystring? e.g. `user?userName=Akbar/Badhusha` — MKR, Feb 13 '20 at 13:31
`user?userName=Akbar/Badhusha` will work if you remove `[FromUri]` attribute from parameter. — MKR, Feb 13 '20 at 15:22
You need to allow for double escaping and decode it manually. See [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/30994100/6396399). — eitamal, Feb 14 '20 at 06:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 14 '20 at 09:05

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Try removing [FromUri] from the parameter as shown below,

[Route("user")]
public User GetUserByName(string userName)
{
  // logic here
}

And the request may look like,

user?userName=Akbar/Badhush

edited Feb 14 '20 at 09:05

Akbar Badhusha

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answered Feb 14 '20 at 09:01

Dani Mathew

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1. Forward slash in routing parameter

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