How can I remove the Index from the MVC url that has a routeValue?
E.g. http://localhost/Beverage/Index/WhiteWine to http://localhost/Beverage/WhiteWine
but still be able to have http://localhost/Beverage/ShowBeverage/1
1 Answer
You can create a custom route:
MapRoute("My Route Name",
"Beverage/{id}",
new { controller = "Beverage", action = "Index" });
Note that the controller name must be hard-coded in the route, then specified in the defaults to tell MVC which controller to use.
If you take the naive approach and map {controller}/{id}, it will accept any URL of the form a/b, which is not what you want.
3 Comments
Jamie
This doesn't work. ActionLinks don't update and if I remove the Index from the url it 404s. I am new to routes in MVC so I may be missing a step.
SLaks
@Jamie: Put this before your other routes, or it will caught by the general route first.
Jamie
Brilliant that was the step I missed