How to check routes in MVC? - asp.net-mvc

Question

OK so I would love to know how to check witch routes are currently in place in my MVC app, because currently I have this setup for MVC3 app and as far as I know everything is correct, but the "Data" route still does not work:
global.asax
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;
using InteractiveAnalysis.Common;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Diagnostics;
using InteractiveAnalysis.App_Start;
using System.Web.Optimization;
namespace InteractiveAnalysis
{
// Note: For instructions on enabling IIS6 or IIS7 classic mode,
// visit http://go.microsoft.com/?LinkId=9394801
public class MvcApplication : ToolsFramework.Mvc.ToolsFrameworkHttpApplicationBase
{
public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
{
filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
}
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
"Excel", // Route name
"excel", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Excel", action = "Index"} // Parameter defaults
);
routes.MapRoute(
"Data", // Route name
"data", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Data", action = "Index" } // Parameter defaults
);
routes.MapRoute(
"Version", // Route name
"version/{action}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Version", action = "Index" } // Parameter defaults
);
routes.MapRoute(
"Main", // Route name
"{ver}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Main", action = "Index", ver = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);
/*
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.IgnoreRoute("cache/{action}/{id}");
routes.MapRoute(
"Default", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Main", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);
*/
}
protected void Application_Start()
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
UnityObject.Register();
ToolsFramework.Cache.OutputCacheHandeler.addCacheKey(UnityObject.APPLICATION_NAME);
//OldBundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
}
protected void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Clear();
Exception exception = Server.GetLastError();
HttpException httpException = (exception.GetBaseException() as HttpException);
if (httpException != null)
{
switch (httpException.GetHttpCode())
{
case 501: //function not implemented
Server.ClearError();
Response.Write(exception.Message);
return;
}
}
#if !DEBUG
if (Euroland.Azure.Utilities.AzureEnvironment.IsAvailable)
{
EventLog.WriteEntry(InteractiveAnalysis.Common.UnityObject.APPLICATION_NAME, "Error:\r\n\r\n" + exception.Message + "\r\n\r\nStack Trace:\r\n" + exception.StackTrace, EventLogEntryType.Error);
}
else
{
Exception exx = Server.GetLastError().GetBaseException();
System.Diagnostics.StackTrace trace = new System.Diagnostics.StackTrace(exx, true);
string Category = "ASP.NET error";
string ASPCode = "N/A";
string ASPDescription = exx.ToString();
if (ASPDescription.Length > 500) { ASPDescription = ASPDescription.Substring(0, 500); }
string Column = trace.GetFrame(0).GetFileColumnNumber().ToString();
string Description = exx.Message.ToString();
if (Description.Length > 500) { Description = Description.Substring(0, 500); }
string File = trace.GetFrame(0).GetFileName();
string Line = trace.GetFrame(0).GetFileLineNumber().ToString();
string Number = "N/A";
string Source = trace.GetFrame(0).GetMethod().Name;
if (Source.Length > 500) { Source = Source.Substring(0, 250); }
string ServerName = HttpContext.Current.Server.MachineName; //Request.ServerVariables["SERVER_NAME"];
string ServerIP = Request.ServerVariables["LOCAL_ADDR"];
string RemoteIP = Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
string UserAgent = Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_USER_AGENT"];
string Referer = Request.ServerVariables["REFERER"];
string URL = Request.Url.ToString();
//currently it can function in the local enviroment
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["LocaleErrorConnectionString"].ToString());
SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand();
myCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
myCommand.CommandText = "spInsertServerError";
myCommand.Connection = conn;
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#Category", Category);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#ASPCode", ASPCode);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#ASPDescription", ASPDescription);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#Column", Column);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#Description", Description);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#File", File);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#Line", Line);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#Number", Number);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#Source", Source);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#ServerName", ServerName);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#ServerIP", ServerIP);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#RemoteIP", RemoteIP);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#UserAgent", UserAgent);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#Referer", Referer);
myCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("#URL", URL);
try
{
conn.Open();
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
catch { }
finally
{
if (conn.State != ConnectionState.Closed) { conn.Close(); }
//Server.ClearError();
}
}
#endif
}
}
}
DataController.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Text;
using System.Globalization;
using InteractiveAnalysis.Models;
using ToolsFramework;
namespace InteractiveAnalysis.Controllers
{
public class DataController : Controller
{
//
// GET: /Data/
public string Index()
{
return "something";
}
}
}
But every time I check "localhost:62570/data/" I get a 404 and I just do not get it. What am I missing why hasn't the "Data" route taken hold? As far as I know I have done everything correctly.

Answer 1

The best and easiest way to check/debug routes is using the Phil Haack's route debugger, you can install it with following nuget package