Sitecore: how to bypass MVC routing to allow direct access to a file/folder?

Question

I have a Sitecore C# MVC/.Net 4.5 application. I have a Javascript file that needs to be accessed by external sources.

As it is not part of any route, I get a 404 if I try to access it directly, even with the file existing.

How can I allow external access to this file?

Answer 1

By default you should be able to access those files. Check here.

Why CSS and JS files bypass Asp.Net MVC routes?

If not then you might have (or someone) altered the " Handlers " Section of your web.config.

Or have the setting added, which routes all static files from the mvc pipeline.

<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />