Creating a route using convention routing

In this recipe, we will learn how to create a route using convention routing.

How to do it...

We can do it in two ways. The first way to create a route using convention routing is as follows:

1. We add services.AddMvc() to ConfigureServices:

app.AddMvc(); 

2. We add app.UseMvc() to configure the route definitions:

app.UseMvc(routes => 
                { 
                routes.MapRoute( 
                    name: "default", 
                    template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}"); 
});

The second way to create a route using convention routing is as follows:

1. We add services.AddMvc() to ConfigureServices:

app.AddMvc(); 

2. Now, it's time to add app.UseMvc() method call inside Configure() method:

app.UseMvc(); 

3. We add attribute routing to the controller and/or action:

[Route("api/[controller]")]
 public class ValuesController : Controller

How it works...

We can mix the first way with the second way by adding routes to routescollection in the configure...