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Bouss
Bouss

Reputation: 205

Change question mark and variables (?id=5) in URL into slash (/5) in asp.net MVC 4

I'm looking for a way to turn variables in a URL after the question mark into a simple notation with a slash.

For example: I would like to make it possible to enter this link:

http://localhost:50830/Controller/View?Name=Test

in this form into the browser

http://localhost:50830/Controller/View/Test

The controller then should recognize "Test" as the Name variable. So basically the two links should give the same result.

Is this possible?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3288

Answers (1)

Mrchief
Mrchief

Reputation: 76258

You need to define a route for that.

For example:

routes.MapRoute(
                "Test",                                              // Route name
                "{controller}/{action}/{name}",                           // URL with parameters
                new { controller = "Controller", action = "View", Name = "" }  // Parameter defaults
                );

Note the Name parameter. By default MVC routes are setup to look for Id parameter.

Corresponding Action:

public ActionResult View(string name) 
{
...
}

And if you're using MVC 5, you can define the routes using Attributes as well:

[RoutePrefix("Home")]
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    [Route("view/{name}")]
    public ActionResult View(string name) { ... }
}

Upvotes: 2

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