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Is there a way to include two Get methods with different names but without any input parameters in a single controller in ASP.NET MVC 4 Web API?

For example, I want to have two GetBookXXX methods – one returning a list with only the book titles and the other returning a list with all book details (title, author, ISBN, etc). The approach I have seen so far is to use two separate controllers, but I would prefer to have a single one and not duplicating the plumbing code twice.

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Have you given it a try to see if it caused any issues? – CD Smith Jun 10 at 1:06
This looks like the answer your looking for: – Steve Aug 11 at 15:37
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Yes, there is. Define your methods as follows:

[ActionName("GetBookXXX")]
public ActionResult BookTitles()
{
    return View();   
}

[ActionName("GetBookXXX")]
public ActionResult BookDetails(int id)
{
    return View();   
}

See http://haacked.com/archive/2008/08/29/how-a-method-becomes-an-action.aspx for further reference.

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