Question

Is there an easy way to pass an object from my view to controller?

I tried ViewData["newPerson"] but that didn’t work.

Session["newPerson"] works but are there other ways that are more recommended?

Answer 1

Are you implementing a form? Your best bet would be to create a new action on your controller that takes in your object. Your controller would have a method like this:

public ActionResult MyAction(Person person)
{
    // your code
}

Or if you want it to respond to posts:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult MyAction(Person person)
{
    // your code
}

Then your view would call your controller action via a link or a form submit. One example for a link:

@Html.ActionLink("MyContoller", "MyAction", newPerson);