Define ASP.NET MVC route with slashes

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In a URL like http://mysite.com/controller/action/123/name-of-article, is there a way to define the route so that the '123/name-of-article' part is passed in as a string?

SLaks · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-22 14:59:24Z

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You can make a wildcard route:

MapRoute("{controller}/{action}/{*id}")

edited Apr 22, 2012 at 14:59

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answered Jun 26, 2011 at 23:18

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nneonneo · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-11 21:40:30Z

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I am not sure what your requirements are, but are you sure you want to pass the name of the article to the controller? Would you be better off just passing the ID then doing a SELECT from the database to get the Name?

If you still wanted to have a URL like http://mysite.com/controller/action/123/name-of-article but only pass in the ID you can use a route like this

 routes.MapRoute(
               "MyNewRoute",            // Route name
               "articles/edit/{id}/{name}",       // URL
               new { controller = "Articles", action = "Edit", id = "" }, // Defaults
               new[] { "YourApp.UI.Controllers" }                       // Namespaces
             );

Then your controller action

public ActionResult Edit(int id)
{

}

edited Mar 11, 2013 at 21:40

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answered Jun 27, 2011 at 0:20

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