How to handle ASP MVC Url Parameter containing forward slash

Question

I am working on a ASP.Net MVC project.
I have a particular controller action that accepts a date value in the form yyyy/mm/dd. So the URL becomes

http://localhost/MyProject/PublicReview/GetReviews/2012/10/29.

where GetReviews is an action and 2012年10月29日 the parameter. My RouteConfig is as follows:

 public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
 {
 routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
 routes.MapRoute(name: "Default",url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional });
 }

How should I change the routevalues ? What should be the order of MapRoute values?

Answer 1

I've not tested this, but I'm guessing this will work in your scenario:

 routes.MapRoute( 
 "Reviews", "PublicReview/GetReviews/{year}/{month}/{day}" 
 { controller = "PublicReview", action = "GetReviews" };

Note that this will need your GetReviews method to have three properties of "year", "month" and "day". You'll then have to parse them into a DateTime.

Taken from http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/controllers-and-routing/creating-custom-routes-cs which uses "-" for date separators.

• Venugopal M: Thanks, It didn't work initially. Then I added the controller name to the url parameter: "PublicReview/GetReviews/{year}/{month}/{day}" Now it is working. Thanks a lot.
• Chris Dixon: Excellent, glad you got it working. I'll update my answer with that extra parameter for other people in the same boat.