Dynamic ASP.net MVC Routing

Question

I have a need for some dynamic routing. So my routes would look like this:

{UserName}
{UserName}/Edit/{id}
{UserName}/Delete/{id}

Where the users would be routed to the user controller. But I still want to maintain routes to controls like:

{Controller}/Edit/{id}
{Controller}/Delete/{id}

So basically I want it to direct to the physical controller say called OrdersController for edit delete but if someone navigates to /jdoe/ it sends it to the user controller.

How do I do this in my routes?

Chase Florell · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-21 21:13:54Z

1

You need to create multiple routes, and keep them in the appropriate order

// one route for Users
routes.MapRoute("Users",
     "{username}/{action}/{id}",
     new { controller = "Users", action = "Index", username = string.Empty, id = UrlParameter.Optional },
     new { id = @"\d+" }
);
// one route for everything else
routes.MapRoute("Default",
     "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
     new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional},
     new { id = @"\d+" }
);

It's not "really" as easy as above, but that's the jist of it. You would need too add a RouteConstraint to validate usernames.

Lastly, if you're using the username parameter, then why do you need the id? Just a thought.

Aside:
If you look at the user section here on StackOverflow, you'll see the routing look more like this.

users/{id}/{username}
users/{id}/edit
users/{id}/delete

I would personally say that this is a lot less work to achieve... but hey, that's just me.

edited Jul 21, 2012 at 21:13

answered Jul 21, 2012 at 20:43

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2 Comments

codingbiz Over a year ago

I may be wrong, I feel the first route will match controller name and not reach the second route and avoid the right controller to handle the request. Pls correct if am wrong.

Chase Florell Over a year ago

I've made a minor update to my answer. Basically he would need to add a RouteConstraint

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