Webp image not showing up on google Chrome via ASP.NET mvc

Question

I have been trying to use Webp images on my website however they would show up as broken images on all browsers.

I have tried a solution from dejanstojanovic (I didn't completely get what was happening in there, although I did understand it was checking if the browser is compatible with webp and then sending the webp version if it was else it sent a png or jpeg version) however, that didn't work. Similarly, I tried a solution from deanhume but likewise, that too didn't work. Both code returned a webp file which should be supported by chrome however there was a broken image on the page. I checked to make sure it is not the fault of the path by putting a png file and webp file in the same folder and displaying them both. The png file works perfectly, however, the webp file is missing. Furthermore, the webp file also works if I use raw HTML, just not with ASP.NET.

_layout.cshtml

        <h5 class="footer-header">Contact Info</h5>
        <p class="footer-text">Contact us if you want a custom made dress, or just want to know where your package might be.</p>
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-1">
                <img style="height:50px; width:50px" src="~/Images/LocationPin100h.webp" />
                <img style="height:50px; width:50px" src="~/Images/LocationPin100h.png" />
            </div>
        </div>

web.config in the views folder

<system.webServer>
    <handlers>
      <remove name="BlockViewHandler"/>
      <add name="BlockViewHandler" path="*" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler" />
      <remove name="WebPHandler" />
      <add name="WebPHandler" type="Web.Images.WebP.RequestHandler, Web.Images.WebP" path="*.webp" verb="GET" />
    </handlers>
    <staticContent>
      <mimeMap fileExtension=".webp" mimeType="image/webp" />
    </staticContent>
  </system.webServer>

how it looks on the page: https://ibb.co/QjJkqv7

Maharaja

Answer 1

I have figured it out. There are two Web.config files. One located in the project root folder and one located in the views folder. I had to add:

<system.webServer>
  <staticContent>
    <mimeMap fileExtension=".webp" mimeType="image/webp" />
  </staticContent>
</system.webServer>

into the web.config file located in the root folder, not the one located in the views folder as I was previously doing.

Maharaja