Unable to AddPageRoute to the default page

[hishamco]

Razor Page by default looking for index.cshtml, using AddPageRoute i'm not able to route to home.cshtml using:

services.AddMvc()
     .AddRazorPagesOptions(options =>
     {
          options.RootDirectory = "/Pages";
          options.AddPageRoute("/Home.cshtml", "/");
     });

Perhaps someone may ask why we need to home pages?
1- Assume I don't have index.cshtml at all
2- Look at CH9 as example, whenever a live event streaming, a new home page shows up instead of the default one

@pranavkm any idea why this not work as expected?!!

[mikebrind]

It has only just been implemented and will be available in Preview 2.

#6325

[hishamco]

@mikebrind I already saw that issue and blog about the Friendly URLs in Razor Pages 😄 , my issue with routing /

thanks

[pranavkm]

@hishamco - you'll need the page name not the path as the first parameter. The pageName is the app relative file path without the extension. In this case, it'll be /Home. See https://github.com/aspnet/Mvc/blob/dev/test/WebSites/RazorPagesWebSite/Startup.cs#L22

[hishamco]

@pranavkm yep it's my mistake, but even if I used the relative file path without the extension, it doesn't route to the /

[pranavkm]

@hishamco - this is fixed post 2.0.0-preview2. You'll have to use options.AddPageRoute("/Home", string.Empty); to route to the pages root.

[hishamco]

Thanks a lot @pranavkm