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spender
spender

Reputation: 120508

Removing /Index from end of browser URL

I'm a bit rusty on my MVC routing.

I'm using a default route of

routes.MapRoute(
    "Default",
    "{controller}/{action}",
    new
    {
        controller = "Default",
        action = "Index",
    });

I have a controller:

public class SomeController : Controller
{
    public async Task<ActionResult> Index()

So, typically, this can be hit with either http://mydomain/Some/Index -or- http://mydomain/Some

On this particular controller, I'd like to either deny (404) ~/Some/Index or simply redirect ~/Some/Index to ~/Some.

This is relatively easy to accomplish in the controller:

public async Task<ActionResult> Index()
{
    var p = Request.Url.Segments;
    var last = p.Last();
    if(string.Equals(last, "index", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
    {
        return RedirectToActionPermanent("Index");
    }

but now it seems like the controller is getting polluted by cross-cutting concerns. Is there a cleaner way?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 78

Answers (2)

spender
spender

Reputation: 120508

So, if I add another route above the default route that dumps this specific url onto a non-existent controller/action, then I get a lovely 404. Perfect.

routes.MapRoute(
    "SomeIndexDeny",
    "Some/Index",
    new
    {
        controller = "NonExistentController",
        action = "NonExistentMethod"
    });

routes.MapRoute(
    "Default",
    "{controller}/{action}",
    new
    {
        controller = "Default",
        action = "Index",
    });

Upvotes: 0

ramiramilu
ramiramilu

Reputation: 17182

Yes there are much cleaner ways -

Option 1 - You can use HTtpModule for Permanant redirection

Option 2 - Use UrlRewriter

Option 3 - You can also implement an Action Filter in which you can redirect

Upvotes: 1

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