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VansFannel
VansFannel

Reputation: 45911

Hiddent parameters in the URL

I'm developing an ASP.NET MVC application with C# and .NET Framework 4.7.

I have this redirect:

return RedirectToAction("Index", "ProductionOrder", new { isWizard = viewModel.IsWizard });

And this is the signature of the method ProductionOrderController.Index:

// GET: ProductionOrder
public ActionResult Index(bool isWizard = false)

When I call this method on my web browser I get this URL:

http://VANSFANNEL:53827/ProductionOrder?isWizard=True

Is there a way to hidden the parameter isWizard and don't show it in the URL?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 68

Answers (2)

Reshma
Reshma

Reputation: 446

In this scenario, what you really should be doing is return a view rather than redirect.

Like:

return View(viewModel);

But if you really prefer to do a redirect, you can place the ViewModel in the TempData, and then redirect to the action:

TempData["MyViewModelFromRedirect"] = viewModel;

And in your redirected action:

var ViewModel = (MyViewModel)TempData["MyViewModelFromRedirect"];

Upvotes: 1

Patrick Hofman
Patrick Hofman

Reputation: 156918

No, there is not. A redirect is always an HTTP GET, so you can't POST the parameter which kind-of hides it.

I don't know your exact requirements, but if you can rewrite the code to become a POST, that would be the easiest way to remove the parameter from the URL. Else you might want to save it somewhere else: in a session variable or obfuscate the value so you can de-hash it later on.

Upvotes: 3

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