Question

I’m making serious asp.net mvc ajax request using Ajax.ActionLink.

But requesting same url from server i may fill different html container (UpdateTargetId).
Everything is ok, but i need to know serverside what view should i return.

I watched fiddler and didn’t find anything about UpdateTargetId value.
Then i realized that i can add some data in OnBegin javascript method but i don’t know UpdateTargetId there too.

So now i’m using hack with different http methods (like post and get) but i’d like to find less hacky solution.

Answer 1

It’s not complete and still hacky but maybe the only way

in jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js just changed

$("a[data-ajax=true]").live("click", function (evt) {
        evt.preventDefault();
        asyncRequest(this, {
            url: this.href,
            type: "GET",
            data: []
        });
    });

to

$("a[data-ajax=true]").live("click", function (evt) {
        evt.preventDefault();
        asyncRequest(this, {
            url: this.href,
            type: "GET",
            data: [{ name: "targerId", value: this.getAttribute("data-ajax-update") }]
        });
    });

or add another push in asyncRequest method:

...
options.data.push({ name: "X-Requested-With", value: "XMLHttpRequest" });
options.data.push({ name: "targerId", value: element.getAttribute("data-ajax-update") });
...

I don’t want to change unobtrusive code and changed Ajax.ActionLink to custom ActionLink that use different flag to fire ajax request (for example a[data-customajax=true]”) to separate them.
If someone have questions for these answer i would be glad to help you!