How to call one Action method from another Action method(both are in the same Controller) in MVC C#?

Question

Hi From the calling Action Method, I have:

[HttpPost]
public JsonResult SubmitForms(Note note, string action = "Submit") 
{
     //some code
     RedirectToAction("SaveDemographicForm", "PatientForms", new { model.DemographicFormData,  action="Submit" , submitAll = true });
     //some code
}

And this the Action Method that I am trying to call:

[HttpPost]
public JsonResult SaveDemographicForm(DemographicForm demographicForm, string action = "Save", bool submitAll = false )
{
      //Some code
}

What am I doing wrong here? Thanks in advance.

[duplicate of http post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/129335/how-do-you-redirect-to-a-page-using-the-post-verb) — lloyd, Aug 18 '15 at 12:45
Please add a description of the error you receive or the expected and actual behavior of the application. — Chris Bohatka, Aug 18 '15 at 12:50
You have to return RedirectToAction not just call RedirectToAction. — Marko, Aug 18 '15 at 12:56
I am not getting any error, its just not hitting the destination Action Method. I guess it going in an infinite loop. — user2948533, Aug 18 '15 at 13:18

Stephen Brickner · Answer 1 · 2020-12-09T11:00:38.887

If they are both in the same controller you don't need to redirect to action, just call it directly.

[HttpPost]
public JsonResult SubmitForms(Note note, string action = "Submit") 
{
     //some code
     return SaveDemographicForm(new DemographicForm { /*your properties*/ }, "Save", false);
}

[HttpPost]
public JsonResult SaveDemographicForm(DemographicForm demographicForm, string action = "Save", bool submitAll = false )
{
      //return some json object
}

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 17 '17 at 04:23

Just call with no return

[HttpPost]
public JsonResult SubmitForms(Note note, string action = "Submit") 
{
     SaveDemographicForm(new DemographicForm { /*your properties*/ }, "Save", false);

     //somecode
     //submitforms return
}

[HttpPost]
public JsonResult SaveDemographicForm(DemographicForm demographicForm, string action = "Save", bool submitAll = false )
{
      //return some json object
}

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 11 '17 at 17:31

The RedirectToAction() returns a RedirectToRouteResult:

public ActionResult AnotherAction(int id)
{
    //Do something with the id ...
    return View()
}


public RedirectToRouteResult DoAndRedirect()
{            
    //Do something and go to the desired view:
    return RedirectToAction("AnotherAction", new { id = x.ID });
}

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 05 '17 at 18:11

using System.Web.Mvc;

using System.Web.Mvc.Html;

public ActionResult Index()
{
    HtmlHelper helper = new HtmlHelper(new ViewContext(ControllerContext, new WebFormView(ControllerContext, "Index"), new ViewDataDictionary(), new TempDataDictionary(), new System.IO.StringWriter()), new ViewPage());
    helper.RenderAction("Index2");//call your action

    return View();
}

public ActionResult Index2(/*your arg*/)
{
    //your code
    return new EmptyResult();
}

How to call one Action method from another Action method(both are in the same Controller) in MVC C#?

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