{"id":1154,"date":"2013-10-17T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/webdev\/2013\/10\/17\/attribute-routing-in-asp-net-mvc-5\/"},"modified":"2013-10-17T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T04:00:00","slug":"attribute-routing-in-asp-net-mvc-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/attribute-routing-in-asp-net-mvc-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Attribute Routing in ASP.NET MVC 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Routing<\/em> is how ASP.NET MVC matches a URI to an action. MVC 5 supports a new type of routing, called attribute routing<\/em>. As the name implies, attribute routing uses attributes to define routes. Attribute routing gives you more control over the URIs in your web application.<\/p>\n

The earlier style of routing, called convention-based routing, is still fully supported. In fact, you can combine both techniques in the same project.<\/p>\n

This post will cover the basic features and options of Attribute Routing, in ASP.NET MVC 5.<\/p>\n