<location path="Export">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <deny users="?" />
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
   // ...
   routes.RouteExistingFiles = true;
   // ...
}

using System.IO;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace Mvc4RouteExistingFiles.Controllers
{
    public class ExportController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index(string id)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(id))
            {
                return Redirect("/");
            }

            var fileName= Path.GetFileName(id);
            var path = Server.MapPath("~/export/"+ fileName);
            return File(path, System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet, fileName);
        }
    }
}

 http://localhost/export/test.pdf

using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;

namespace Mvc4RouteExistingFiles
{
    public class RouteConfig
    {
        public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
            routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

            routes.RouteExistingFiles = true;

            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "ExportRoute",
                url: "Export/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Export", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );

            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "Default",
                url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );
        }
    }
}

routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.IgnoreRoute("content/{*pathInfo}");
routes.IgnoreRoute("scripts/{*pathInfo}");
routes.IgnoreRoute("favicon.ico");
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.ico");
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.png");
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.jpg");
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.gif");
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.txt");

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"securitySchemes":
{ "basicAuth":
       {
             "type":"http",
             "description":"Input your username and password to access this API",
             "scheme":"basic"
       }
}
…
"security":[
  {"basicAuth":[]}
]

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Security.Claims;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web.Authentication
{
    public class BasicAuthenticationHandler : AuthenticationHandler<AuthenticationSchemeOptions>
    {
        public BasicAuthenticationHandler(
            IOptionsMonitor<AuthenticationSchemeOptions> options,
            ILoggerFactory logger,
            UrlEncoder encoder,
            ISystemClock clock)
            : base(options, logger, encoder, clock)
        {
        }

        protected override Task<AuthenticateResult> HandleAuthenticateAsync()
        {
            if (!Request.Headers.ContainsKey("Authorization"))
            {
                return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail("Missing Authorization header"));
            }

            try
            {
                var authenticationHeader = AuthenticationHeaderValue.Parse(Request.Headers["Authorization"]);
                var credentialBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(authenticationHeader.Parameter);
                var credentials = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(credentialBytes).Split(':');
                var username = credentials[0];
                var password = credentials[1];

                if (username == "DNT" && password == "123")
                {
                    var claims = new[] { new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, username) };
                    var identity = new ClaimsIdentity(claims, Scheme.Name);
                    var principal = new ClaimsPrincipal(identity);
                    var ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(principal, Scheme.Name);
                    return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Success(ticket));
                }
                return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail("Invalid username or password"));
            }
            catch
            {
                return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail("Invalid Authorization header"));
            }
        }
    }
}

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddAuthentication(defaultScheme: "Basic")
                    .AddScheme<AuthenticationSchemeOptions, BasicAuthenticationHandler>("Basic", null);

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
   // ...
            app.UseStaticFiles();

            app.UseAuthentication();

            app.UseMvc();
        }
    }
}

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
     // ...
   
            services.AddMvc(setupAction =>
            {
                setupAction.Filters.Add(new AuthorizeFilter());
        // ...

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSwaggerGen(setupAction =>
            {
   // ...

                setupAction.AddSecurityDefinition("basicAuth", new OpenApiSecurityScheme
                {
                    Type = SecuritySchemeType.Http,
                    Scheme = "basic",
                    Description = "Input your username and password to access this API"
                });
            });

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddMvc(setupAction =>
            {
                setupAction.Filters.Add(new ProducesResponseTypeAttribute(StatusCodes.Status401Unauthorized));

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSwaggerGen(setupAction =>
            {
    // ...

                setupAction.AddSecurityRequirement(new OpenApiSecurityRequirement
                {
                    {
                        new OpenApiSecurityScheme
                        {
                            Reference = new OpenApiReference
                            {
                                Type = ReferenceType.SecurityScheme,
                                Id = "basicAuth"
                            }
                        },
                        new List<string>()
                    }
                });
            });

Create a RESTful API with authentication using Web API and Jwt 

using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Models
{
    public class Movie
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Movie Title is Required")]
        [MinLength(3, ErrorMessage = "Movie Title must be at least 3 characters")]
        public string Title { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Movie Director is Required.")]
        public string Director { get; set; }

        [Range(0, 100, ErrorMessage = "Ticket price must be between 0 and 100.")]
        public decimal TicketPrice { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Movie Release Date is required")]
        public DateTime ReleaseDate { get; set; }
    }
}

using AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Models;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace AngularTemplateDrivenFormsLab.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class MoviesController : Controller
    {
        [HttpPost]
        public IActionResult Post([FromBody]Movie movie)
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                // TODO: save ...
                return Ok(movie);
            }

            ModelState.AddModelError("", "This record already exists."); // a cross field validation
            return BadRequest(ModelState);
        }
    }
}

 {"":["This record already exists."],"TicketPrice":["Ticket price must be between 0 and 100."]}

  errors: string[] = [];

  processModelStateErrors(form: NgForm, responseError: HttpErrorResponse) {
    if (responseError.status === 400) {
      const modelStateErrors = responseError.error;
      for (const fieldName in modelStateErrors) {
        if (modelStateErrors.hasOwnProperty(fieldName)) {
          const modelStateError = modelStateErrors[fieldName];
          const control = form.controls[fieldName] || form.controls[this.lowerCaseFirstLetter(fieldName)];
          if (control) {
            // integrate into Angular's validation
            control.setErrors({
              modelStateError: { error: modelStateError }
            });
          } else {
            // for cross field validations -> show the validation error at the top of the screen
            this.errors.push(modelStateError);
          }
        }
      }
    } else {
      this.errors.push("something went wrong!");
    }
  }

  lowerCaseFirstLetter(data: string): string {
    return data.charAt(0).toLowerCase() + data.slice(1);
  }

 const control = form.controls[fieldName] || form.controls[this.lowerCaseFirstLetter(fieldName)];

  model = new Movie("", "", 0, "");
  successfulSave: boolean;
  errors: string[] = [];

  constructor(private movieService: MovieService) { }

  ngOnInit() {
  }

  submitForm(form: NgForm) {
    console.log(form);

    this.errors = [];
    this.movieService.postMovieForm(this.model).subscribe(
      (data: Movie) => {
        console.log("Saved data", data);
        this.successfulSave = true;
      },
      (responseError: HttpErrorResponse) => {
        this.successfulSave = false;
        console.log("Response Error", responseError);
        this.processModelStateErrors(form, responseError);
      });
  }

<form #form="ngForm" (submit)="submitForm(form)" novalidate>
  <div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert" *ngIf="errors.length > 0">
    <ul>
      <li *ngFor="let error of errors">
        {{ error }}
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div class="alert alert-success" role="alert" *ngIf="successfulSave">
    Movie saved successfully!
  </div>

control.setErrors({
  modelStateError: { error: modelStateError }
});

<ng-template #validationErrorsTemplate let-ctrl="control">
  <div *ngIf="ctrl.invalid && ctrl.touched">
    <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="ctrl.errors.required">
      This field is required.
    </div>
    <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="ctrl.errors.minlength">
      This field should be minimum {{ctrl.errors.minlength.requiredLength}} characters.
    </div>
    <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="ctrl.errors.maxlength">
      This field should be max {{ctrl.errors.maxlength.requiredLength}} characters.
    </div>
    <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="ctrl.errors.pattern">
      This field's pattern: {{ctrl.errors.pattern.requiredPattern}}
    </div>
    <div class="alert alert-danger"  *ngIf="ctrl.errors.modelStateError">
      {{ctrl.errors.modelStateError.error}}
    </div>
  </div>
</ng-template>

  <div class="form-group" [class.has-error]="releaseDate.invalid && releaseDate.touched">
    <label class="control-label" for="releaseDate">Release Date</label>
    <input type="text" name="releaseDate" #releaseDate="ngModel"  class="form-control"
      required [(ngModel)]="model.releaseDate" />
    <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="validationErrorsTemplate; context:{ control: releaseDate }"></ng-container>
  </div>