error CS1513: } expected in asp.net mvc 4

Question

I have a view which is very simple. It contains some C# code.

@{
   ViewBag.Title = "Community";
   Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
 }

<div id="req1">
  <form>
     <input id="txt1" type="text" name="txt1" />
 </form>
</div>
<div id="btn1">Send</div>
<div id="res1"></div>
@{
    public string GetPassage(string strSearch)
    {
       using (var c = new System.Net.WebClient())
       {
           string url = "http://www.esvapi.org/v2/rest/passageQuery?key=IP&passage=' + strSearch + '&options=include-passage-references=true";
           return c.DownloadString(Server.UrlDecode(url));               
       }
    }
 }

I don't know what is wrong. The error message is:

Source Error:

Line 117:EndContext("~/Views/Home/Community.cshtml", 236, 9, true);

Update:

If I moved the code to controller.

public ActionResult Community()
{
    ViewBag.Message = "";

    return View();
}

public string GetPassage(string strSearch)
{
    using (var c = new System.Net.WebClient())
    {
        string url = "http://www.esvapi.org/v2/rest/passageQuery?key=IP&passage=" + strSearch + "&options=include-passage-references=true";
        return c.DownloadString(Server.UrlDecode(url));
    }
}

And I want to make a ajax call based on the example. How is the code in javascript?

That code doesn't belong in a view, should be in controller or elsewhere really. — Lotok
– Lotok, Commented Jun 29, 2013 at 20:53
Maybe it is related to the line where you are building the url. You should be using double quotes instead of single quotes. ' + strSearch + ' should be " + strSearch + ". — chue x
– chue x, Commented Jun 29, 2013 at 21:01
@chue, no. Even I remove this line, it is still wrong. I guess it might be in a controller. — user1108948
– user1108948, Commented Jun 29, 2013 at 21:03
@Love - Perhaps unrelated, but it still looks like a bug to me. — chue x
– chue x, Commented Jun 29, 2013 at 21:08

Andrei · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-29 21:04:10Z

2

View is not the right place to declare a method. In fact all code that you write in a View between @{ and } is run within the same method (not entirely true, but makes the point). Obviously declaration of a method inside another method is impossible in C#, view engine just does not have enough means to translate it to you literally.

However if you need some utility method on a view - you can create a delegate and call it later:

@{
   ViewBag.Title = "Community";
   Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
 }

<div id="req1">
  <form>
     <input id="txt1" type="text" name="txt1" />
 </form>
</div>
<div id="btn1">Send</div>
<div id="res1"></div>

@{
    Func<string, string> getPassge = strSearch =>
    {
        using (var c = new System.Net.WebClient())
        {
            string url = "http://www.esvapi.org/v2/rest/passageQuery?key=IP&passage=' + strSearch + '&options=include-passage-references=true";
            return c.DownloadString(Server.UrlDecode(url));
        }
    };
 }

answered Jun 29, 2013 at 21:04

Andrei

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6 Comments

user1108948 Over a year ago

Okay, if I move it to a controller. How it is related with a specific ActionResult?

Andrei Over a year ago

@Love, since GetPassage returns a plain string, the closest ActionResult method is Content. However I doubt the very idea of turning this method into action method. It is hard to advice what should be done with this method without knowing scenarios of its use.

user1108948 Over a year ago

I want to make an ajax call, the sample is at blog.bobcravens.com/2009/11/…. The example has var url = "/Monitor/Test/ReverseTheString"; I am not sure what is /Monitor then?

Andrei Over a year ago

@Love, most likely Monitor is an Area. If you have no areas definedm then you can safely leave it out, having just "/Test/ReverseTheString"

user1108948 Over a year ago

could you please look at my update? Suppose the controller class is HomeController.cs.

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