Setting Up Multiple Actions - asp.net

Question

I was wondering if it was possible to have more than 1 action in the link. For example, If I wanted to have multiple links such as:
http://www.mywebsite.com/(CONTROLLER)/(ID)/(ACTION)
[http://]www.mywebsite.com/user/Micheal/EditMovies
[http://]www.mywebsite.com/user/Micheal/EditFavorites
Is there some sort of way to do this? If not, do I have to specify multiple id's in the function and then use a case to determine which page they are going to be sent to?
In my UserController.cs I have:
public ActionResult Index(string username)
{
if (username != null)
{
try
{
var userid = (Membership.GetUser(username, false).ProviderUserKey);
Users user = entity.User.Find(userid);
return View(user);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
}
}
return RedirectToAction("", "Home");
}
In my Routes I have:
routes.MapRoute(
name: "User",
url: "User/{username}",
defaults: new { controller = "User", action = "Index" }
);
What I'm trying to make it do is have additional functions for second actions so I can do something like:
User/{username}/{actionsAdditional}
And In my UserController I can put more actions which will leader to the second action actionsAdditional
public ActionResult Index(string username)
{
if (username != null)
{
try
{
var userid = (Membership.GetUser(username, false).ProviderUserKey);
Users user = entity.User.Find(userid);
return View(user);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
}
}
return RedirectToAction("", "Home");
}
public ActionResult EditFavorites()
{
//DoStuff
}

Answer 1

You could do this multiple ways, here's just one:
Set up a route to handle this:
routes.MapRoute("UserEditsThings",
"user/{id}/edit/{thingToEdit}",
new { controller = "UserController", action="Edit" },
new { thingToEdit = ValidThingsToEditConstraint() }
);
Then your action in the User Controller should look like this:
public ActionResult Edit(ThingToEdit thingToEdit) {
ThingToEditViewModel viewModel = new ThingToEditViewModel(thingToEdit);
return View(viewModel);
}
The RouteConstraint is what would take their input (the thingToEdit) and make sure it was valid (you could do this in a few places - like in a Custom ModelBinder):
public class ValidThingsToEditConstraint : IRouteConstraint
{
public bool Match(HttpContextBase httpContext, Route route, string parameterName, RouteValueDictionary values, RouteDirection routeDirection)
{
//simplistic implementation simply to show what's possible.
return values['thingToEdit'] == "Favorites" || values['thingToEdit'] == "Movies";
}
}
Now, that way, you can have one method to Edit both Movies and Favorites, and you simply add a parameter to show what 'type' of thing they're editing.
If you wanted to keep your current route, you should be able to do the following:
routes.MapRoute("UserEditsThings",
"user/{id}/edit{thingToEdit}",
new { controller = "UserController", action="Edit" },
new { thingToEdit = ValidThingsToEditConstraint() }
);
I've been away from ASP.NET MVC for about 7 months, so this could be a little rusty. It has not been tested for syntax errors and bits of python may shine through. It should get you there, though.