Question

Update:

As someone pointed out I was missing an s in my Route registration. Now I have a secondary problem.

This is how I want it to work:

http://localhost/products/ –> ProductsController.Index()

http://localhost/products/3/apples –> ProductsController.Details(int? id, string productName)

This is what currently happens:

http://localhost/products goes to my Details action.

How do I set up the routes for this?

I set up the following routes in my Global.asx file:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

    routes.MapRoute(
        "ViewProduct",
        "products/{id}/{productName}",
        new { controller = "Products", action = "Details", id = 0, productName = "" } // Parameter defaults
    );

    routes.MapRoute(
        "Default", // Route name
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
    );
}

I have the following controller:

public class ProductsController : Controller
{
    //
    // GET: /Products/

    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        IList<Product> products = new List<Product>
        {
            new Product { Id = 57349, ProductName = "Apple" },
            new Product { Id = 57350, ProductName = "Banana" }
        };

        return View(products);
    }

    public ActionResult Details(int? id, string productName)
    {
        Product p = new Product { Id = id.Value, ProductName = productName };

        return View(p);
    }
}

Answer 1

Because you have defined default values for id and productName the routing engine just fills those in for you when they are missing, so your request to /products is getting those defaults inserted and going to the details action.

Take out: id = 0, productName = "" and you’ll get the expected behavior.

edit

Consider having an {action} parameter in there. Since you have a default action and no way to override it you may have everything routed to details anyway.