Can't hit my end point with 2 post methods - asp.net-core

Question

I'm really struggling with trying to hit a single end point in my ASP.NET Core Web API app
The relevant parts of the Controller are
[Route("api/[controller]")]
[ApiController]
public class PlanController : BaseApi
{
[HttpPost]
[Route("api/{controller}/Clear/")]
public async Task<ActionResult> Clear() //always returns 404
{ //some code in here
}
[HttpPost]
public async Task<ActionResult> Post([FromBody] PlanPoco model) //works as expected
{//more code
}
and the relevant part of my Startup.cs file
app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
{
endpoints.MapControllerRoute(
name: "default",
pattern: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
endpoints.MapControllerRoute(
name: "api",
pattern: "{api}/{controller}/{id?}");
endpoints.MapControllers();
endpoints.MapRazorPages();
});
In postman, I would expect to type in https://localhost:12345/api/plan/clear/ and for this to match the end point. It does not. It always returns a 404
Can anyone give me some advice here please?

Answer 1

Based on your code, you apply attribute routing [Route("api/[controller]")] on your controller and [Route("api/{controller}/Clear/")] on clear action, to make request to clear action method, you should use below URL.
https://localhost:port/api/plan/api/plan/clear
I would expect to type in https://localhost:12345/api/plan/clear/ and for this to match the end point.
To achieve your requirement, you can try to apply [HttpPost("Clear")] to your Clear action method.
[Route("api/[controller]")]
[ApiController]
public class PlanController : ControllerBase
{
[HttpPost("Clear")]
public async Task<ActionResult> Clear()
{ //some code in here
return Ok("Clear Action");
}
[HttpPost]
public async Task<ActionResult> Post([FromBody] PlanPoco model) //works as expected
{//more code
return Ok("Post Action");
}
}
Or modify the code like below.
[HttpPost]
[Route("Clear")]
public async Task<ActionResult> Clear() //always returns 404
{
Test Result

Answer 2

Could you try like and make same request ;
[Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
[ApiController]
public class PlanController : BaseApi
{
[HttpPost]
public async Task<ActionResult> Clear() //always returns 404
{ //some code in here
}
[HttpPost]
public async Task<ActionResult> Post([FromBody] PlanPoco model) //works as expected
{//more code
}