Question

Do I need a separate controller for the below?

http://localhost/bookmarks –> bookmarks controller http://localhost/bookmark/{bookmarkid} –> bookmark controller

Is there any way I can combine them both into one controller? I want to keep the uri’s the same i.e. bookmark singular indicating fetch a single bookmark.

Thanks

Answer 1

Assuming a C# development environment

Global.asax:

routes.MapRoute(   'Bookmarks',   'bookmarks',   new { controller = 'Bookmarks', action = 'Bookmarks'} );  routes.MapRoute(   'Bookmark',   'bookmark/{bookmarkid}',   new { controller = 'Bookmarks', action = 'Bookmark' } ); 

BookmarksController:

public ActionResult Bookmarks() {    //Get all bookmarks, I presume. :)    return View(); }  public ActionResult Bookmark(string bookmarkid) {    //Do stuff with the bookmark id    return View(); } 

Using this routing scheme, http://localhost/bookmarks will hit the Bookmarks action in the Bookmarks controller, and http://localhost/bookmark/123456 will hit the Bookmark action in the Bookmarks controller.