CODEWITHSUNDEEP
asp.net-mvc
SKale
SKale

Reputation: 571

Generate a dynamic, traditional URL (i.e. not an Action/Controller route) using @Html.ActionLink

I need to create a dynamic tag with a url containing JSON values that will be posted to an external payment gateway. Eventually I want something like this:

Pay This Amount

So I figured I would do:

@Html.ActionLink("Pay This Amount", "https://xyz.com/PayNow?paymentData={'StoreID':'1964','Person':{'FirstName':'Joe','MiddleInitial':'A','LastName':'Smith'},'Item':{'1':{'Price':'250','Code':'TUITION'}}}")

But the resulting tag makes the URL in Action/Controller format:

MyWebSite/MyController/https://xyz.com/PayNow?paymentData={'StoreID':'1964','Person':{'FirstName':'Joe','MiddleInitial':'A','LastName':'Smith'},'Item':{'1':{'Price':'250','Code':'TUITION'}}}

...and of course it fails.

I want just a traditional URL not a route. I don't see an overload for a simple URL. Or is there another helper that I can use to create a non-MVC URL?

How do I do this? Thanks!

Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 152

Answers (1)

Dismissile
Dismissile

Reputation: 33071

@Html.ActionLink is used to create an tag to a controller/action in your site. If you just want to create a link to another site just use plain ole HTML:

<a href="https://xyz.com">Pay Now</a>

If you need to use properties from your model you can build the URL in code and then reference that in the tag:

@{
    string url = "https://xyz.com?id=" + Model.Id;
}

<a href="@url">Pay Now</a>

or

<a href="https://[email protected]">Pay Now</a>

Upvotes: 2

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