Removing Action name from URL

Question

I have a site structured like this -

Home page - www.mysite.com.
Categories page - www.mysite.com/Categories. (linked from Home page)

On the Categories page, I have a list of Category links.

If someone selects a Category, I want to display the URL like this -

(after selecting CategoryA) - www.mysite.com/Categories/CategoryA
(after selecting CategoryB) - www.mysite.com/Categories/CategoryB

Currently, my URLs display like this - www.mysite.com/Categories/Index/CategoryA

I have a HomeController and a CategoriesController. The CategoriesController has an Action called Index, which excepts a Category, which is where the word Index is coming from.

How can I get rid of the word Index?

I tried mapping a Route, like the following, but it did not work -

        routes.MapRoute(
            name: "CategoriesPage",
            url: "Categories/{id}",
            defaults: new { controller = "Categories", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
        );

See here http://stackoverflow.com/a/3628138/426422 and here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1713379/asp-net-mvc-routing-with-default-controller — Mike Cheel, Jul 26 '13 at 18:30
Thanks Mike! I ended up finding the answer else where. (see my answer below) — A Bogus, Jul 26 '13 at 19:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

My solution was the following -

I mapped a Route like this -

        routes.MapRoute(
            "CategoryPage",
            "Categories/{id}",
            new { controller = "Categories", action = "Index" }
        );

And in my View, my ActionLink looked like this -

@Html.ActionLink("CategoryDescription", "Index", new { controller = "Categories", id = c.Id })

(this answer lead me to this solution - Routing: How to hide action name in url?)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '15 at 11:01

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/* This is For Action Name Only /
routes.MapRoute("custom_name1", "sitemap", new { controller = "home", action = "sitemap", id = UrlParameter.Optional }); / This is For Controller Name Only */
routes.MapRoute("custom_name2", "home", new { controller = "home", action = "sitemap", id = UrlParameter.Optional });

answered Mar 12 '15 at 11:01

Vijay S

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please provide more details – Milad Faridnia Mar 12 '15 at 11:21

Removing Action name from URL

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