ASP.NET Core MVC 2.0 Cookbook

How to do it...

1. First, let's add the WebApiCompatShim library to project.json:

"Microsoft.AspNetCore.MVC.WebApiCompatShim": "1.0.0"

2. To use WebApiCompatShim, we have to change a little bit of code in ConfigureServices in order to add a service:

services.AddMVC().AddWebApiConventions();

3. Next, we will change the existing code for api/productapi/{id}:

[HttpGet("{id:int}")]public IActionResult Get(int id){  var productFromRepo = _productRepository.Find(id);  if (productFromRepo == null)  return NotFound();  return Ok(productFromRepo);}

We can add one more Get() method with different parameters, as follows:

[Route("{id:int}")]public HttpResponseMessage Get(int id, HttpRequestMessage request){  var product = _productRepository.Find(id); if (product ...