URL Redirection in ASP.NET MVC

Question

I was working on a Website which was earlier built with ASP.NET Web Forms and now is built with ASP.NET MVC.

We made the new MVC version live last week.

But the old login url which is www.website.com/login.aspx has been bookmarked by many users and they still use that and hence they get 404 errors.

So I was wondering which would be the easiest and best way to redirect the user from the old url to the new mvc url which is www.website.com/account/login

Like this login url, I am expecting the users may have bookmarked few other urls also, so what will be the best way to handle this ?

why not keep the old page and redirect from it. web forms and mvc routes can go-exist in the same project... — Dave Alperovich
– Dave Alperovich, Commented Apr 1, 2013 at 4:57
you can check url in global.asax file...if url is www.website.com/login.aspx then you can redirect user to www.website.com/account/login — Ankush Jain
– Ankush Jain, Commented Apr 1, 2013 at 5:09
Is this a URL thing or just a rogue page that got favoritized? if the second, recreate a webforms page (login) as well as any other favored potentials and have them redirect to latest-and-greatest... — Dave Alperovich
– Dave Alperovich, Commented Apr 1, 2013 at 5:13

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-01 05:59:37Z

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You could use the URL Rewrite module in IIS. It's as simple as putting the following rule in your <system.webServer> section:

<system.webServer>
    <rewrite>
        <rules>
            <rule name="Login page redirect" stopProcessing="true">  
                <match url="login.aspx" />  
                <action type="Redirect" redirectType="Permanent" url="account/login" />  
            </rule>  
        </rules>
    </rewrite>

    ...
</system.webServer>

The module is very powerful and allows you any kind of rewrites and redirects. Here are some other sample rules.

answered Apr 1, 2013 at 5:59

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1Mayur · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-01 05:50:50Z

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in the global.asax

void Application_BeginRequest(Object source, EventArgs e)
    {
        //HttpApplication app = (HttpApplication)source;
        //HttpContext context = app.Context;

        string reqURL = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url;

        if(String.compare(reqURL, "www.website.com/login.aspx")==0)
        {
            Response.Redirect("www.website.com/account/login");
        }
    }

answered Apr 1, 2013 at 5:50

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2 Comments

1Mayur Over a year ago

you can implement other logic to match the url as well

Spaceman Over a year ago

Awesome i use this to do 301 redirects that are needed.

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