Asp.Net MVC 4 clean URL load index.html from subdirectory - asp.net-mvc

Question

I've a ASP.NET MVC 4 Project and I have a subdirectory "test" in the root dir and it contains a index.html
I want wenn the clean URL is called that the index.html is returned
when I call
http://localhost:8080/
that I get the Content returned from my "test\index.html"

Answer 1

The RouteConfig class in the App_Start sub-directory should be adjusted so that the default Controller is Test. Place your 'test' directory within the Views directory and, if you haven't already, create a TestController. RouteConfig should look like this:
public class RouteConfig
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Test", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}

Answer 2

The easiest way is to put your "test/index.html" as default document in IIS.
If you really want to do it programmatically you'll have to create an action to handle your request and map your default route to it.
Route:
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "StaticFile", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
Controller/Action:
public class StaticFileController : Controller
{
// GET: StaticFile
[AllowAnonymous]
public FileContentResult Index()
{
string imageFile = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Test/Index.html");
byte[] bytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(imageFile);
return File(bytes, "text/html");
}
}