ASP.NET MVC3 dynamic routing - asp.net

Question

I'm having trouble finding the answer to this question anywhere.
I am in need of creating a form where the user can create a post and change the url to the post.
For example, if the default route is
http://www.domain.com/posts/[the-title-of-the-post]
The user can change this to
http://www.domain.com/[modified-title-of-the-post].
The [modified-title-of-the-post] can be anything the user would like to make it.
This means it is no longer tied to the title of the post and not only that, but the /posts/ is gone too.
I guess I should Also mention that this should be global, meaning the user should be able to change the url (as mentioned above) for other things on the sites like, /topics/ or /blog/
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Hiva

Answer 1

You could create two routes in your global.asax. Something like this
routes.MapRoute("", "posts/{url}", new { controller = "Home", action = "Posts" });
routes.MapRoute("", "{url}", new { controller = "Home", action = "Posts" });
both of them point to HomeController and the action Posts
public ActionResult Posts(string url)
{
}
to handle every url you should consider to extend the RouteBase class
Something like that should do
public class CustomRouting : RouteBase
{
public override RouteData GetRouteData(HttpContextBase httpContext)
{
RouteData result = null;
string requestUrl = httpContext.Request.AppRelativeCurrentExecutionFilePath;
//Handle the request
//Compile the RouteData with your data
result = new RouteData(this, new MvcRouteHandler());
result.Values.Add("controller", "MyController");
result.Values.Add("action", "MyAction");
result.Values.Add("id", MyId);
}
}
return result;
}
public override VirtualPathData GetVirtualPath(RequestContext requestContext, RouteValueDictionary values)
{
//I only need to handle outbound so here is ok
return null;
}
}
The in your global.asax you register your custom route handler
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.Add(new CustomRouting());
routes.MapRoute("Default", "{controller}/{action}/{id}", new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional });
}