asp.net-mvc-routing – Tarik Billa

How to prevent Url.RouteUrl(…) from inheriting route values from the current request

January 9, 2024 by Tarik

My solution was this : An HtmlExtension helper method : public static string RouteUrl(this UrlHelper urlHelper, string routeName, object routeValues, bool inheritRouteParams) { if (inheritRouteParams) { // call standard method return urlHelper.RouteUrl(routeName, routeValues); } else { // replace urlhelper with a new one that has no inherited route data urlHelper = new UrlHelper(new RequestContext(urlHelper.RequestContext.HttpContext, new … Read more

How do I set the default namespaces in MapHttpRoute?

December 17, 2023 by Tarik

We had this problem with the Umbraco core so we created our own IHttpControllerSelector, the source code can be found here: https://github.com/WebApiContrib/WebAPIContrib/blob/master/src/WebApiContrib/Selectors/NamespaceHttpControllerSelector.cs You can also install nuget package WebAPIContrib which contains NamespaceHttpControllerSelector. To register this you can do this on app startup: GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Services.Replace(typeof(IHttpControllerSelector), new NamespaceHttpControllerSelector(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration)); The implementation is pretty straight forward and only deals with … Read more

How to use an Area in ASP.NET Core

February 25, 2023 by Tarik

In order to include an Area in an ASP.NET Core app, first we need to include a conventional route in the Startup.cs file (It’s best to place it before any non-area route): In Startup.cs/Configure method: app.UseMvc(routes => { routes.MapRoute(“areaRoute”, “{area:exists}/{controller=Admin}/{action=Index}/{id?}”); routes.MapRoute( name: “default”, template: “{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}”); }); Then make a folder named Areas in the app … Read more