ASP.NET include string with action

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At the @OBJECT I am trying to pass the contents of the search in string form to the Search Controller. My question is how to grab the contents of Textbox from the parent or if there is a better way to approach this problem without using a button or exterior link, thanks in advance.

<form class="searchBarForm" method="post" 
 action="@Url.Action("Search", "Search", @OBJECT)>
        @Html.TextBox("value", null, 
        new { @id = 'search_content'});
</form>

Update

the @Url.Action(VIEW, CONTROLLER, @OBJECT), the @OBJECT is the routeValue to the controller and for my application I just need it to be a string that gets its value from the content of the textbox.

I removed excess code for readability.

the @Url.Action(VIEW, CONTROLLER, @OBJECT), the @OBJECT is the routeValue to the controller and for my application I just need it to be a string that gets its value from the content of the textbox. — IntriquedMan
– IntriquedMan, Commented Feb 23, 2014 at 5:42
@Url.Action is calculated at runtime on the SERVER, you cannot get the content value of the textbox and use razor to update the url. you would have to use javascript — Matt Tabor
– Matt Tabor, Commented Feb 23, 2014 at 10:24

Mormegil · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-23 09:59:06Z

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You are doing it wrong. In MVC, you do not need to manually do such things. The form values – in this case, the contents of the textbox – will be posted automatically, and if properly bound to a model, your controller action will receive them.

E.g.:

public class SearchModel
{
    public string Query { get; set; }
}

public class SearchController
{
    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Search(SearchModel data)
    {
        ...
    }
}

@model SearchModel
@using(Html.BeginForm("Search", "Search", FormMethod.Post))
{
    @:Html.EditorFor(model => model.Query);
}

answered Feb 23, 2014 at 9:59

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Matt Tabor · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-23 10:20:03Z

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you need to do it it this way

@Url.Action("Search", "Search", new {routeParameter = routeValue})

answered Feb 23, 2014 at 10:20

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Matt Tabor Over a year ago

you must already know what the value is that you are passing it.

IntriquedMan · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-24 23:05:13Z

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The above answer works but I ended up with a different solution. Was initially unaware of the FormCollection object and how to access the variables based off name.

// The controller
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Search(FormCollection collection)
{
    string searchQuery = collection["searchQuery"];
    ... do those swweet sweet calcs ...
}

// The view
<form class="searchBarForm" method="post" [email protected]("Search", "Search")>
      @Html.TextBox("searchQuery", null, new { @placeholder = "Search . . .", @class = "form-control searchBar", @id = "search_contents"})
</form>

answered Feb 24, 2014 at 23:05

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