asp.net mvc routing, with area as parameter

Question

I'm building a website for multiple organizations. For example, people could go to mydomain.com/org1/home/index or mydomain.com/org2/home/index.

What I am trying to do is have the following routing,

mydomain.com/{area}/{controller}/{action}/{id}

I can't figure out how to do this, and frankly not even sure how to even start setting up my routing. I want to be able to access {area} string in order to decide which images to display, what text etc.

I hope I'm making sense with what I'm trying to do.

JohanP · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-29 06:28:14Z

0

routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{area}/{controller}/{action}/{id}"
defaults: new {
controller = "Home",
action = "Index",
id = UrlParameter.Optional,
area = UrlParameter.Optional
);

Your Home controller will look something like this:

public ActionResult Index(string area, string id)

answered Jan 29, 2017 at 6:28

JohanP

5,5423 gold badges27 silver badges37 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

5 Comments

joks Over a year ago

Thanks a lot for the quick response! That definitely solves that problem. And now I'm faced with another since this is not always the case, i.e. having the {area} parameter. So now, when I go to /Account/Login it gives error. If I add a string before like this: /foo/Account/Login it takes me to the login page. I realize this is another problem. What I did is I used the route you gave me as the first "customRoute" and then the default route is declared after that. Do you know how to solve this? Or should I perhaps post another question?

JohanP Over a year ago

You can add

routes.MapRoute( name: "Account", url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}" defaults: new { controller = "Account", action = "Login", id = UrlParameter.Optional );

just before the "Default" route up top

joks Over a year ago

So now I have two routes, "Default" and "Account". If "Account" route is up top, I'm not able to access mydomain.com/foo/home/index even if HomeController has Index(string area), it simply gives me an error. If I place "Default" up top, I am able to access mydomain.com/foo/home/index, works great but I am also able to access other controllers/actions where I don't want to. For example, I have a DivisionsController with ActionResult Index(). Now I am able to call mydomain.com/foo/divisions/index and it returns the same page as if I wrote mydomain.com/divisions/index. I don't want that...

JohanP Over a year ago

Have a look at this solution:

joks Over a year ago

That seems to be exactly what I'm after. Thanks a lot for your help! I voted you up but I'm too young in here for it to count :)

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

asp.net mvc routing, with area as parameter

1 Answer 1

5 Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

5 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related