How to have a custom route without parameter names in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

I have the following route to my method:

[HttpGet]
[Route("Company/Employees/{name}")]
public ActionResult Details(string name)

I want to access the employee with a name property of "John" by making a request to

Company/Employees/John

But now the route only works if I type:

Company/Employees?name=John

How can I fix this?

Edit:

This is my route config (inside an area)

context.MapRoute(
            "Company_default",
            "Company/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            new { controller = "Employees", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
            namespaces: new[] { "MySite.Areas.Company.Controllers" }
        );

It doesn't seem wrong to me, was there another actionresult that uses the same namespace? — aeee98
– aeee98, Commented Jan 29, 2016 at 8:32
Try changing both to id in the route and in the parameter variable name — Rosdi Kasim
– Rosdi Kasim, Commented Jan 29, 2016 at 8:39

teo van kot · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-29 09:20:46Z

2

As I already say, your default route have same sturture as your custom Contoller Route. Becouse {id} param is optional.

If you want to use your route you should define custom route in your RouteConfig BEFORE your default route and get rid of your Route Attribute on controller:

context.MapRoute(
            "DetailsCustom",
            "Company/Employees/{name}",
            new { controller = "Employees", action = "Details"},
            namespaces: new[] { "MySite.Areas.Company.Controllers" }
        );

edited Jan 29, 2016 at 9:20

answered Jan 29, 2016 at 9:05

teo van kot

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Kamal · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-29 09:06:22Z

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Add this before your other route:

context.MapRoute(
        "Company_default",
        "Company/{controller}/{id}",
        new { controller = "Employees", action = "Index", id =    UrlParameter.Optional },
        namespaces: new[] { "MySite.Areas.Company.Controllers" }
    );

as your previous one is picking up "John" as the "action" parameter

answered Jan 29, 2016 at 9:06

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