--- title: Routing to Controller Actions in ASP.NET Core | daily.dev description: ASP.NET Core routing plays a pivotal role in directing incoming HTTP requests to the appropriate controller actions. This article delves into the fundamentals... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/routing-to-controller-actions-in-asp-net-core-nhtfbxqqf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Routing to Controller Actions in ASP.NET Core | daily.dev og:description: ASP.NET Core routing plays a pivotal role in directing incoming HTTP requests to the appropriate controller actions. This article delves into the fundamentals... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/routing-to-controller-actions-in-asp-net-core-nhtfbxqqf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nhTFBXqqf.png og:image:alt: Routing to Controller Actions in ASP.NET Core og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Routing to Controller Actions in ASP.NET Core **[C\# Corner](https://daily.dev/sources/csharpcorner)** · 3 min read · 4 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary ASP.NET Core routing plays a pivotal role in directing incoming HTTP requests to the appropriate controller actions. This article delves into the fundamentals of routing in ASP.NET Core, illustrating how to configure routes to map URLs to specific controller actions with detailed examples. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@dragonsong3k** · 0 upvotes > I prefer Attribute routing. Easier to read. --- Tags: [#aspnet](https://daily.dev/tags/aspnet), [#.net](https://daily.dev/tags/.net), [#.net-core](https://daily.dev/tags/.net-core), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/routing-to-controller-actions-in-asp-net-core-nhtfbxqqf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Routing to Controller Actions in ASP.NET Core","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/routing-to-controller-actions-in-asp-net-core-nhtfbxqqf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/routing-to-controller-actions-in-asp-net-core-nhtfbxqqf"},"datePublished":"2024-03-30T08:51:17.034Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T04:58:03.337Z","description":"ASP.NET Core routing plays a pivotal role in directing incoming HTTP requests to the appropriate controller actions. 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