From 115e79113ec5a2f51ad89457e948e2687dbc049c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elitsa Marinovska <21998037+elit0451@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:22:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Delivery API: Ensure the path parameter starts with forward
 slash (#14428)

* Ensure path starts with forward slash in all cases

* Fix path in preview when getting by route

* Reintroduce path.length check

* Revert previous changes
---
 .../Controllers/ByRouteContentApiController.cs                 | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery/Controllers/ByRouteContentApiController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery/Controllers/ByRouteContentApiController.cs
index 2209c1a330..02181f6129 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery/Controllers/ByRouteContentApiController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Delivery/Controllers/ByRouteContentApiController.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ public class ByRouteContentApiController : ContentApiItemControllerBase
             path = WebUtility.UrlDecode(path);
         }
 
-        path = path.EnsureStartsWith("/");
+        path = path.TrimStart("/");
+        path = path.Length == 0 ? "/" : path;
 
         IPublishedContent? contentItem = GetContent(path);
         if (contentItem is not null)