Some Web API Url Samples

URI	Verb	Description
/api/tasks	GET	Gets the full list of all tasks; optionally specify a filter
/api/tasks/123	GET	Gets the details for a single task
/api/tasks/123/status	GET	Gets just the status information for the specified task
/api/tasks/123/status/456	PUT	Updates just the status of the specified task
/api/tasks/123/users	DELETE	Deletes all users from the specified task
/api/tasks	POST	Creates a new task

 

route map

config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "TaskStatusApiRoute",
routeTemplate: "api/tasks/{taskId}/status/{statusId}",
defaults: new {controller = "TaskStatus", statusId =
RouteParameter.Optional});

controller:

public class TaskStatusController : ApiController
{
private readonly ISession _session;
private readonly IStatusMapper _statusMapper;
private readonly IHttpStatusFetcher _statusFetcher;
private readonly IHttpTaskFetcher _taskFetcher;
public TaskStatusController(
IHttpTaskFetcher taskFetcher,
ISession session,
IStatusMapper statusMapper,
IHttpStatusFetcher statusFetcher)
{
_taskFetcher = taskFetcher;
_session = session;
_statusMapper = statusMapper;
_statusFetcher = statusFetcher;
}

public Status Get(long taskId)
{
var task = _taskFetcher.GetTask(taskId);
return _statusMapper.CreateStatus(task.Status);
}

public void Put(long taskId, long statusId)
{
var task = _taskFetcher.GetTask(taskId);
var status = _statusFetcher.GetStatus(statusId);
task.Status = status;
_session.Save(task);
}
}