Routing values to the MVC Player function?

Question

In a Composite C1 application, I am trying to pass values from the URL to the MVC Player function, but I have trouble because the values are part of the path and not in the query string.

The URL looks like this:

/AuctionDetailsGallery/3624734/Test-Versteigerung-2

AuctionDetailsGallery is a Composite C1 Page which includes the MvcPlayer function. 3624734 is the (dynamic) ID, "Test-Versteigerung-2" is a userfriendly name

The MvcPlayer is then supposed to call

/AuctionViewer/FilterGalleryPositions

("AuctionViewer" is the controller and "FilterGalleryPositions" the action.)

The ID has to be passed to the action, but under a different name ("SelectedAuctions").

So essentially, if the user calls

/AuctionDetailsGallery/3624734/Test-Versteigerung-2

I want to render the MVC action

/AuctionViewer/FilterGalleryPositions?SelectedAuctions=3624734

How can I do this?

I set the MvcPlayer path to "/AuctionViewer/FilterGalleryPositions" and played around with the routes, but I always get the message

The controller for path '/3624734/Test-Versteigerung-2' was not found or does not implement IController.

That's because the Render function checks for PathInfo and replaces the Path I set with the PathInfo if available. I guess it would be more useful if the PathInfo was appended, but I am unsure how to route my values with the current MVC Player implementation.

Answer 1

If I understand your question correctly I believe you are asking about routes.

With Attribute routing simply declare the route over the controller action (assuming controller name is AuctionViewerController):

[Route("AuctionDetailsGallery/{selectedAuctions}/Test-Versteigerung-2")]
public ActionResult FilterGalleryPositions(int selectedAuctions)
{
...
}

With a routetable you might define something like this:

routes.MapRoute(
   name: "AuctionDetails",
   url: "AuctionDetailsGallery/{selectedAuctions}/Test-Versteigerung-2",
   defaults: new { controller = "AuctionViewer", action = "FilterGalleryPositions" }
);