In an ASP.NET MVC Controller, how can I get the Redirect(string URL) method to not append a '#'?

Question

I have a controller in an ASP.NET MVC 5 project that return the result of Redirect(url) where url is a string.

Essentially I have this:

string url = "calendar/addevent";
return Redirect(url);

The result in the browser is loading a URL like this: http://example.com/calendar/addevent#

This is fine in IE, but Chrome scrolls to the bottom of the page looking for an anchor because of the '#'.

Any idea on how to not include the '#' on the end of the URL?

Update 10/21/15

This is being returned from this method in the Account controller found in the template MVC 5 project using single-user authentication:

private ActionResult RedirectToLocal(string returnUrl)
    {
        if (Url.IsLocalUrl(returnUrl))
        {
            return Redirect(returnUrl);
        }
        return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
    }

The Url.IsLocalUrl is true and, if I debug and read the object returned from Redirect(returnUrl), the URL does not have the '#'. The browser is still somehow getting it though...

I cannot reproduce this, the `#` character is not in the `Location:` header in the Redirect response. What does your browser's F12 tool say about the `Location:` header? Do you have any scripts that are appending the `#` themselves? — Dai, Oct 15 '15 at 21:19
Can you show us you're code? this is not normal behavior of MVC redirect. Are you using angularjs? — Ziv Weissman, Oct 15 '15 at 21:24
This is happening in the RedirectToLocal method in the AccountController which is generated in a new project. The '#' character is never there when I debug, but the browser is always getting it... — James Stevens, Oct 21 '15 at 19:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 16 '15 at 06:37

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you can use Url.Action like below:

var url = Url.Action("ActionName" ,"ControllerName");
return Redirect(url);

Or

return RedirectToAction("ActionName" ,"ControllerName");

answered Oct 16 '15 at 06:37

Iraj

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All I have is a URL that is getting sent to a login form. – James Stevens Oct 21 '15 at 19:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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I've found this is happening because of Google's OAuth response. Their query string on the response ends with '#'. Hence, the Redirect method in the Account controller returns a 302 response which, rightfully, persists the hash. Good analogy -> https://stackoverflow.com/a/5283528/2354959.

So the ASP.NET MVC controller is working correctly...

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Oct 22 '15 at 18:50

James Stevens

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Atul · Answer 3 · 2015-10-16T07:34:22.663

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see sample Controller ActionResult

//Parameter can also be FormCollection
    public ActionResult eventview(string url){ 
           string[] splitURL=url.split('/');  //Considering URL - "calendar/addevent"
           return RedirectToAction(splitURL[1],splitURL[0]);
    }

edited Oct 16 '15 at 07:34

answered Oct 16 '15 at 05:31

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Can you please add some more detail? This is not a good quality answer. – Jurgen Camilleri Oct 16 '15 at 07:19

In an ASP.NET MVC Controller, how can I get the Redirect(string URL) method to not append a '#'?

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