ASP.Net Core default route as /Home with it shown by default

Question

Hi I use the mapRoutes in ASP.Net Core I can set the default controller route. When starting the application the entry point will be the default Home but all that will be shown is https://localhost:43594 rather than showing the /Home on the end.

Is there a way to explicitly enforce this?

Answer 1

There are several workarounds:

• Workaround 1: you can remove the defaults as described here
• Workaround 2: create a different default action and redirect to /Home/Index from there as described here
• Workaround 3: check for current URL and redirect if it is root as described here

Answer 2

For changing Route URL, you could try URL Rewriting Middleware or Custom Middleware.

Here are available options in Startup:

• Rewrite URL

   app.UseRewriter(new RewriteOptions().AddRewrite("/","/Home",true));
  

• Redirect URL

   app.UseRewriter(new RewriteOptions().AddRedirect("/", "/Home"));
  

• Custom Middleware

      app.Use(async (context, next) =>
      {
          if (context.Request.Path == "/")
          {
              context.Response.Redirect("Home/", true);
  
              return;
          }
          await next();
      });
  

  Use the above options before app.UseMvc

      app.UseMvc(routes =>
      {
          routes.MapRoute(
              name: "default",
              template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
      });