creating more then one route in asp.net mvc

Question

i am trying to create routes in asp.net mvc

    routes.MapRoute(
        "Localization", // Route name
        "{Culture}/{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
        new { Culture = "en-US", controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
    );
    routes.MapRoute(
        "Default", // Route name
        "{controller}/{action}", // URL with parameters
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index"} // Parameter defaults
    );

concept is simple... controller should be able to called through en-us/Controller/Action or controller/action... is it possible?

Yes it's only going for route which ever is registered ist... — Usman Masood
– Usman Masood, Commented May 6, 2011 at 7:55

Robert Koritnik · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-06 08:08:40Z

2

Route constraints

You will have to use a route constraint on the first route that will define how culture string should be formed. Try this route definition instead:

routes.MapRoute(
    "Localization",
    "{Culture}/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    new { Culture = "en-US", controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
    new { Culture = @"\w{2}(?:-\w{2})?" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
    "Default",
    "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);

Route constraint regular expression is not completely correct, because as much as I can recall there are cultures with three-letter codes. Regular expression that I've defined allows for general cultures as well like:

/en/Controller

or

/en-US/Controller
/en-UK/Controller

Adjust to your liking.

answered May 6, 2011 at 8:08

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Usman Masood Over a year ago

a question though can i add a constrait for ajax calls only?

Robert Koritnik Over a year ago

@Usman: Basically you can yes. But you will have to write your own custom route constraint class that must implement IRouteConstraint interface. And since you get HttpContext in it, you could obtain information whether request is Ajax or not.

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