Create route for root path, '/', with ServiceStack

Question

I\'m trying to set a RestPath for root, \'/\', but its not allowing me to. Its saying RestPath \'/\' on Type \'MainTasks\' is not Valid

Is there a way t

Answer 1

I have been trying to do this and found Christopher Davies method to no longer work in the latest service stack for a self hosted service. The following on my service that takes no parameters worked.

[FallbackRoute("/")]

Answer 2

You can only match on the Route / Path in ServiceStack with a FallbackRoute, e.g:

[FallbackRoute("/{Path*}")]
public class Fallback
{
    public string Path { get; set; }
}

This uses a wildcard to handle every unmatched route (inc. /foo/bar). Only 1 fallback route is allowed.

There are also a few other ways to handle the default root path /:

1. Change the EndpointHostConfig.DefaultRedirectPath to redirect to the service you wish to use
2. Add a default.cshtml Razor or Markdown View or static default.htm (for HTML requests)
3. Register a EndpointHostConfig.RawHttpHandlers - This is the first handler looked at in ServiceStack's Order of Operations.
4. Register a IAppHost.CatchAllHandlers - This gets called for un-matched requests.
5. Handle the request in a Global Request Filter

Answer 3

This worked for me. I just added the RawHttpHandler and rewrote the request path. Worked like a champ. (This is found in my AppHost's Configure function.)

var conf = new EndpointHostConfig();
{
    DefaultRedirectPath = "/foo",
    AllowFileExtensions = { { "eot" }, { "svg" }, { "ttf" }, { "woff" } },
};

conf.RawHttpHandlers.Add(r =>
{
    if (r.RawUrl == "/")
    {
        HttpContext.Current.RewritePath(conf.DefaultRedirectPath);
    }

    return null;
});

this.SetConfig(conf);