How do I enable special characters in MVC routing?

Question

I\'m using asp.net MVC 4.

These are my routes:

        routes.MapRoute(
         name: \"Default\",
         url: \"{controller}/{action}/{id}\"
             


        

Answer 1

In web.config:

<system.web>
    <httpRuntime requestPathInvalidCharacters="" requestValidationMode="2.0" />
    <pages validateRequest="false" />
</system.web>

Blatantly stolen from https://stackoverflow.com/a/6026291/299408

Answer 2

The answer did not work for me. I had to use:

[ValidateInput(false)]
public ActionResult Index...

Hope this helps others.