How to call a function in another MVC controller using AJAX in Jquery

Question

My folder structure looks like this. Both of these folders are contained within the Area folder.

I am trying to call a function from the EmailController inside ITRequests/Scripts/Edit.js and it fails to find it. The .js code look likes this

$(document).on('change', '#StatusId', function (event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    debugger;
    if(( $('#OldStatus').val() ) != ( $('#StatusId').val()) ) //Aka if the user switched the status on submit
    {
        var status_description = [$('#OldStatus').val(), $('#StatusId').val()];
        $.ajax({
            url: "/Email/Email/statusChangeEmail",
            type: 'POST',
            contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            data: JSON.stringify({ 'request': $('#RequestId').val(), 'status_descriptions': status_description }),
            done: function (data) {
                debugger;
                alert("working");
            }
        })
    }
})

RequestId is a hidden value on the page which is being picked up correctly, likewise the status_description field is taking the correct values and (tries to) pass them to the function. The function EmailController.cs is defined as such

[HttpPost]
    public ActionResult statusChangeEmail(int request, string[] status_descriptions)
    {
         //stuff happens
         return Json(1);
    }

However every time this happens I get this error message

Can you try url: "/Email/statusChangeEmail"

ssilas777
– ssilas777

2016-07-28 13:26:58 +00:00
Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 13:26 — ssilas777
– ssilas777, Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 13:26
You have 1 too many Email in your url.

Grizzly
– Grizzly

2016-07-28 13:28:04 +00:00
Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 13:28 — Grizzly
– Grizzly, Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 13:28

Francisco Goldenstein · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-28 13:26:46Z

1

Why your URL is /Email/Email/statusChangeEmail? It should be /Email/statusChangeEmail.

The /Email means EmailController and /statusChangeEmail means controller action statusChangeEmail .

answered Jul 28, 2016 at 13:26

Francisco Goldenstein

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2 Comments

cdn Over a year ago

Wow that was an easy fix. I named it as such because the function calls to ITRequstsController functions are done in the same way. i.imgur.com/3lVBGW7.png why is it that these functions have ITRequests/ITRequests before the function name and still work?

Francisco Goldenstein Over a year ago

You can read more about routing in asp.net/mvc/overview/controllers-and-routing. Basically you can have any value to be routed to a URL.

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