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Ryan D.
Ryan D.

Reputation: 57

How to have a variable action?

Writing with MVC in C#, I have a device that issues an HTTP request to {host}/clock. I want different devices to write to different places, so I want to enter the host as {.../company1/}, {.../company2/}. I would then have a CompanyController that would redirect requests for company1, company2, etc. without hardcoding the names of the companies.

So a request to {host}/company/company1/clock would write to company1's database. Presumably if I entered {host}/company/notacompany/, I would still want to see the value "notacompany", so I can redirect it somewhere else. How would I go about catching company1 as an address within the company controller without specifically coding a company1 action, or is this the wrong way to go about this?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 131

Answers (1)

Racil Hilan
Racil Hilan

Reputation: 25351

You can use attribute routes to tell the routing engine what to do with the route parameter (company1, company2, etc...). You can use a switch and handle the notacompany in the default:

public class CompanyController : Controller {
    [Route("/[controller]/{companyId}")]
    public ActionResult Index(string companyId) {
        switch(companyId) {
            case "company1":
                //Process company1.
            case "company2":
                //Process company2.
            default:
                //Process 'notacompany' here.
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

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