C# ASP.NET MVC routing - route for all controllers with specific suffix

Question

I have several controllers for widgets named {WidgetName}WidgetController, e.g. SampleWidgetController. I need to create a route which catches all requests to such controllers and passes them to one common controller together with requested controller's name and action.

public class SampleWidgetController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Content()
    {
        ...
    }
}

public class CommonController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Content(string controllerName, string actionName)
    {
        // I want all requests to SampleWidget/Content to be passed here
        // With controllerName = "SampleWidget" and actionName = "Content"
    }
}

I can create a custom RouteConstraint to accept only those controllers that have 'Widget' suffix, but I have a problem with defining the route itself which will pass the requested controller's name and action to the common controller.

why do you want to do this..?? do you plz tell the purpose ..? — Sadid Khan
– Sadid Khan, Commented May 7, 2015 at 7:21

Stelloy · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-07 10:09:25Z

1

In your RouteConfig RegisterRoutes method add the following route before the default:

routes.MapRoute("Widgets", "{controllerName}Widget/{actionName}",
            new { controller = "Common", action="Content"});

This will cause incoming requests matching the format you've specified, e.g. [baseurl]/testWidget/testaction would hit your CommonController Content Action with a controllerName="test" and actionName="testaction"

If needed you can then append the "Widget" back onto the controllerName variable and pass it into your desired handler / do what you're trying to do.

answered May 7, 2015 at 10:09

Stelloy

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