MVC routing if page url is stored in database

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I have kind of CMS application that allows to create content pages and specify urls for them. I'd like to let users enter any url, like:

/Documents/Forms/MyForm
/Documents/Manuals/MyManual
/Events/BBQThisWeek

Then I need to create a route that will check if a content page with the given Url exists in the DB and if yes, will route to controller that handles content pages. If not it'll continue with default route.

How do I approach this? Thanks V.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:08

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You will probable have to set-up a custom handler. Take a look at option three on here

You could read from database on action invoker.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:08

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answered Jun 22 '11 at 14:28

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Guillaume86 · Answer 2 · 2011-06-22T14:44:53.917

Create a class that extends Route

public class CustomRoute : Route
{

    public override RouteData GetRouteData(System.Web.HttpContextBase httpContext)
    {
        var routeData = base.GetRouteData(httpContext);
        if(routeData != null)
        { do some stuff on routeData... }
        return routeData;
    }

    public override VirtualPathData GetVirtualPath(RequestContext requestContext, RouteValueDictionary values)
    {
        // Do the opposite of the first function
    }
}

edit: The easiest way is to extends Route and use base.GetRouteData then just change the data tokens 'controller' and 'action' to what you want

MVC routing if page url is stored in database

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