Question

Pretty basic question but I cant seem to find it in the documentation. I’ve been integrating RestfulRouting (via nuget) into an Mvc 4 app but there are situations where it would be nice to tweak the the params, either change the name or have more than one argument into the controller action.

e.g.

/resource/:id/:slug

public ActionResult Show(int id, string slug) { return View(); }

or

/resource/:custom_param_name

public ActionResult Show(string custom_param_name) { return View(); }

Is there an example or documentation that covers this scenario?

Answer 1

If i understand right you are trying to Route by name, not by id. with RestfulRouting.

I’m no sure if it’s 100% possible, but you can try Create Custom Routes:

Two additional methods are provided so you can add custom routes to the route set if you need to. Map is a chainable method that allows you to add standard mappings. Route is a method that will allow you to add a custom route to the route set.

e.g.

Map("posts/{year}/{slug}")
  .To<PostsController>(x => x.Post(-1, ""))
  .Constrain("slug", @"\w+")
  .Constrain("year", @"\d+");
Route(new Route("posts/{action}", 
  new RouteValueDictionary(new { controller = "posts" }), 
  new MvcRouteHandler());

---

or

Map("resource/{custom_param}")
  .To<ResourcesController>(x => x.Resource(-1, ""))
  .Constrain("custom_param", @"\w+");
Route(new Route("resource/custom", 
  new RouteValueDictionary(new { controller = "resource" }), 
  new MvcRouteHandler());

So you can use:

public ActionResult Custom(string custom_param) { return View(); }

How to use it ?

public class Routes : RouteSet
{
    public override void Map(Mapper map)
    {
        map.Root<HomeController>(x => x.Show());
        map.Path("test/{id}").To<TestController>(x => x.Test()).Constrain("id", @"\d+");
        map.Resource<SessionsController>();
        map.Resources<BlogsController>(blogs =>
        {
            blogs.As("weblogs");
            blogs.Only("index", "show");
            blogs.Collection(x => {
                x.Get("latest");
                x.Post("someaction");
            );
            blogs.Member(x => x.Put("move"));

            blogs.Resources<PostsController>(posts =>
            {
                posts.Except("create", "update", "destroy");
                posts.Resources<CommentsController>(c => c.Except("destroy"));
            });
        });
    }
}

public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
    protected void Application_Start()
    {
        ViewEngines.Engines.Clear();
        ViewEngines.Engines.Add(new RestfulRoutingViewEngine());

        RouteTable.Routes.MapRoutes<Routes>();
    }
}

How to use: Restful Routing for ASP .NET MVC

Full guide for this can be found here: RestfulRouting