Change URL to remove query string variable name

Question

I have an MVC application and the url looks like this;

/celebritypage/celebrityname=Elma Fudd

What I'd like is to only have;

/celebritypage/Elma Fudd

Is this possible within routing?

This article from Scott Gu should provide all the information you need: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/12/03/… — Bradley Braithwaite
– Bradley Braithwaite, Commented Mar 1, 2012 at 23:22
Are the spaces intentional? They are non-standard for URLs. Also, the path with an equals is also pretty non-standard. Are you asking about routing a celebrity in general, or specifically about using spaces? — heneryville
– heneryville, Commented Mar 2, 2012 at 0:07
the spaces are irrelevant. they will be %20, i just wanted to illistrate what i was after — griegs
– griegs, Commented Mar 2, 2012 at 0:36

thekaveman · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-01 23:27:14Z

4

Sure, something like this should work:

routes.MapRoute(
    "RouteName",
    "celebritypage/{name}",
    new { controller = "celebritypage", action = "celebrityname" }
);

Then make sure your controller action is ready for the parameter:

//inside celebritypage Controller

public ActionResult celebrityname(string name) {
    //code
    return View("ViewName");
}

answered Mar 1, 2012 at 23:27

thekaveman

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