How to dynamically create ActionLink in MVC Razor View

Question

I am able to redirect the user with code in a function like this:

 window.location.href = "@Url.Action("ShippingSummary", "Shipping", new { id = 2 })"

I have the id in a variable but I need to assign it to the ActionLink dynamically. Something like this

var ID = 2;
window.location.href = "@Url.Action("ShippingSummary", "Shipping", new { id = ID })"

I get an error that ID is not defined. I have tried to create the actionlink as a string first but that didn't work. How can I get this to work?

Andrew Burgess · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-08 18:53:04Z

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In this instance, you are mixing Javascript and C#. The Javascript will be executed in the browser, but the C# will be executed on the server, so you can't mix them like this.

Instead, you should do:

var ID = 2;
window.location.href = "@Url.Action("ShippingSummary", "Shipping")" + "?id=" + ID;

In this instance, Razor will emit the first part of the Controller Action route, and then you can add the needed query string parameter to the path.

answered Aug 8, 2012 at 18:53

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