Question

I’m trying to add a route that shows some data based on a string parameter like this:

http://whatever.com/View/078x756 

How do I create that simple route and where to put it?

Answer 1

In your global.asax.cs file, you add the following lines:

routes.mapRoute(
    // The name of the new route
    "NewRoute",

    // The url pattern
    "View/{id}",

    // Defaulte route data                                     
    new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "078x756" });

Make sure you add them before the registration of the default route – the ASP.NET MVC Framework will look throught the routes in order and take the first one that matches your url. Phil Haack’s Routing Debugger is a valuable tool when troubleshooting this.