Question

I’d like to send multiple parameters to an action in ASP.NET MVC. I’d also like the URL to look like this:

http://example.com/products/item/2

instead of:

http://example.com/products/item.aspx?id=2

I’d like to do the same for sender as well, here’s the current URL:

http://example.com/products/item.aspx?id=2&sender=1

How do I accomplish both with C# in ASP.NET MVC?

Answer 1

If you’re ok with passing things in the query string, it’s quite easy. Simply change the Action method to take an additional parameter with a matching name:

// Products/Item.aspx?id=2 or Products/Item/2
public ActionResult Item(int id) { }

Would become:

// Products/Item.aspx?id=2&sender=1 or Products/Item/2?sender=1
public ActionResult Item(int id, int sender) { }

ASP.NET MVC will do the work of wiring everything up for you.

If you want a clean looking URL, you simply need to add the new route to Global.asax.cs:

// will allow for Products/Item/2/1
routes.MapRoute(
        "ItemDetailsWithSender",
        "Products/Item/{id}/{sender}",
        new { controller = "Products", action = "Item" }
);