Get all model variable values from database to view ASP.NET Core MVC

Question

I'm trying to print out all of my model values into my view.

I don't wish to "hard-code" it for each value, but rather have it dynamically grow accordingly to my models structure. This is so that non-developers can test out if everything gets inserted correctly into the database, what values are added etc

Currently I have this code in my controller that prints out all the variables in my model, but I'm not sure how to connect some certain objects values onto it

var result = "";
var myAssembly = typeof(Person).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
var properties = Converters.GetTypesInNamespace(myAssembly, "Domain.Models")
                           .FirstOrDefault(a => a.Name == "Person")
                           .GetProperties().ToList();

for (var i = 0; i < properties.Count; i++)
{
     result += properties[i].Name + Environment.NewLine;
}

return Ok(result);

And this is the custom method I use

public static Type[] GetTypesInNamespace(Assembly assembly, string nameSpace)
{
    return assembly.GetTypes()
                   .Where(t => String.Equals(t.Namespace, nameSpace, StringComparison.Ordinal))
                   .ToArray();
}

I'd like to get back a view that displays all the values for a Person with a certain id, ie Person/5 returns it's FirstName and LastName, but if I now add a new variable to my model - the view will display that as well

As stated in the tag model-view-controller don't use that tag for asp.net-mvc. — Erik Philips
– Erik Philips, Commented Dec 4, 2018 at 17:47
Why not just use a Dictionary<string, string> as property on your ViewModel and loop through it in the view? — Erik Philips
– Erik Philips, Commented Dec 4, 2018 at 17:54

Nan Yu · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-05 06:11:10Z

Suppose you have model named Person and has some properties:

public class Person
{
    public string FirstName { get; set; }

    public string LastName { get; set; }

    public int Age { get; set; }
}

Add a controller action to accept person id :

 public IActionResult PestsonDetails(int id)
 {

        //you can search database with person id 
        Person p = new Person();
        p.FirstName = "FirstName";
        p.LastName= "LastName";
        p.Age = 28;

        Dictionary<string, string> personDetails = new Dictionary<string, string>();

        foreach (PropertyInfo prop in p.GetType().GetProperties())
        {

            var propName = prop.Name;
            var propValue = prop.GetValue(p, null);
            personDetails.Add(propName.ToString(),propValue.ToString());

        }
        ViewBag.personDetails = personDetails;
        return View();
  }

Then you could get the property name and value in view like :

@foreach (var personProperty in ViewBag.personDetails)
{
    @personProperty.Key
    @personProperty.Value    
}

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