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xaisoft
xaisoft

Reputation: 3451

RedirectToUmbracoPage with custom model after form post?

How can I do a POST and RedirectToUmbracoPage() with a custom model. As far as I can tell, RedirectToUmbracoPage takes a nodeId, but I couldn't tell how to pass it my custom model. The model I have does inherit from RenderModel, but I am getting the error that my view expects my custom model, but it was passed a RenderModel.

Initially, I was just returning View("page"), but this causes another post on refresh, so what I would really like to do is redirect the user? Also, I am not sure if a POST is what I need because I am basically searching a database and returning results, I am actually not saving any data, but I am not sure how to do what I want with a GET?

In a nutshell, I want to search a database with some Form values, get the data into a model and redirect the user to another page with my model?

Below works without a custom model, now it is just a matter of getting that in there.

var nodeId = Convert.ToInt32(CurrentPage.GetProperty("NoProductsFoundUrl").DataValue);

return RedirectToUmbracoPage(nodeId);

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1522

Answers (1)

sebastiaan
sebastiaan

Reputation: 5917

I recommend you use a ChildAction for this:

  • On your template you do @Html.Action("DoSearch", "Search") - calling the action DoSearch on the SearchController
  • In your controller you have a DoSearch method, decorated with [ChildActionOnly] (this attribute is not required but it stops people from using the method in any other way than @Html.Action
  • The controller does the search and returns your custom view that can accept your custom model, for example: return PartialView("~/Views/Partials/SearchPartial.cshtml", model);
  • You partial accepts your custom model @model My.Custom.SearchModel

Upvotes: 0

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