Two controller with the same name

[imclint21]

I've a MVC project with two folders, Controllers\Dashboard and Controllers\API, the API and the regular controllers has the same action names, and when i make a link by example to archive a campaign like this:

<a asp-controller="Campaigns" asp-action="Archive">Archive Campaign</a>

It's the API that it's called, by example /api/campaigns/archive/uid?uid=60011969-6369-43a0-930a-ab7b686bbac0 and not the Dashboard controller.

What is the correct way to fix this problem ? it's not really a bug but there no documentation how to fix this kind of problems.

Thank you

[imclint21]

Additionally the tag helpers reference controllers that are in specific area and there are no way to specify what controller to use.

[mkArtakMSFT]

Thanks for contacting us, @clintnetwork.
Controller names should be unique within an area. The issue your'e facing with is by design.
If, however, you're in a situation, where you can't change the controller type names, you could use ApplicationModel to override the name of controllers: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/controllers/application-model?view=aspnetcore-2.2

[imclint21]

Thank you @mkArtakMSFT i will see your solution, but for me it's a problem if the main projet link tags detect controllers that are in a specific area