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Attribute Routing in WebApi

The following articles explains attribute routing well

• Attribute Routing in ASP.NET Web API 2

We often use the RoutePrefix attribute at the controller level with Route attribute at the method level.

There is a convention to detect the http verb a method support based on method name:

// POST: api/fcm/SendMessage
[Route("sendmessage")]
public async Task<IHttpActionResult> PostMessage(

but we can have complete custom method name with a http verb attribute as follows:

// POST: api/fcm/SendMessage
[Route("sendmessage")]
[HttpPost]
public async Task<IHttpActionResult> SendMessage(