Define ASP.NET MVC route with slashes

Question

In a URL like http://mysite.com/controller/action/123/name-of-article, is there a way to define the route so that the '123/name-of-article' part is passed in as a string?

Answer 1

You can make a wildcard route:

MapRoute("{controller}/{action}/{*id}")

Answer 2

I am not sure what your requirements are, but are you sure you want to pass the name of the article to the controller? Would you be better off just passing the ID then doing a SELECT from the database to get the Name?

If you still wanted to have a URL like http://mysite.com/controller/action/123/name-of-article but only pass in the ID you can use a route like this

 routes.MapRoute(
 "MyNewRoute", // Route name
 "articles/edit/{id}/{name}", // URL
 new { controller = "Articles", action = "Edit", id = "" }, // Defaults
 new[] { "YourApp.UI.Controllers" } // Namespaces
 );

Then your controller action

public ActionResult Edit(int id)
{
}