Question

I have my controller working in a way at the moment where the url comes up Home/Collections/Collection?id=1 at the moment, which was my intended functionality. However, I would now like to make the url more friendly. For example, I would like it to become Home/Collections/Summer.

I have the following code in my CollectionsController:

    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View(Helper.Helper.ResolvePath("Collections"));
    }


    //
    // GET: /Collections/Collection?id=1
    public ActionResult Collection(int id)
    {
        var collectionModel = ds.GetCollection(id);
        return View(Helper.Helper.ResolvePath("Collection"), collectionModel);
    }

What do I need to change to get my desired result? Without having a separate ActionResult for each collection (as it will never be a fixed number)?

And here is my Global.asax

    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        routes.MapRoute(
            "Default", // Route name
            "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
            new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
        );

    }

Answer 1

You can define a route like,

 routes.MapRoute(
            "Collections", // Route name
            "Collections/{name}/{id}", // URL with parameters
            new { controller = "Collections", action = "Collection" ,id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
        );

Now in your CollectionsController,

public class CollectionsController : Controller
{      
    public ActionResult Collection(string name)
    {
      /// Your Logic here
      /// name is required parameter
      /// optionally you can add an id parameter
        return View();
    }

}

Now your url will be like “http://localhost:98765/Collections/Summer”

but i dont undersdtand why you need Home in the url