Question

I am hosting a WCF service in an MVC3 web application. I have a method setup with a WebGet attribute with a UriTemplate. When the UriTemplate contains a period, I get a 404 response from the web server.

    [OperationContract, WebGet(UriTemplate = "DoSomething")]
    Stream DoWork();

http://localhost/Services/Service1.svc/DoSomething  - Works Correctly

    [OperationContract, WebGet(UriTemplate = "dummyfile.xml")]
    Stream DoWork();

http://localhost/Services/Service1.svc/dummyfile.xml - Returns a 404 error

I am guessing it has to do with routes, but I am not sure. The routes I have setup right now are:

    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.svc/{*pathInfo}");

    routes.MapRoute( "Default", "{controller}/{action}/{id}",  new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional });

Can anyone provide some insight into how I can host a WCF service in a MVC3 app using a URITemplate with a period in it?

Answer 1

At the risk of plagiarism 🙂 Phil Haack has the answer