Default action if user is authenticated - asp mvc

Question

I have area and in that area I have Home/Index that contains Authorize attribute.
What is the proper way to make this action default for my application.
So when user type:
mysite.com to open Home/Index
Code in areaRegistration.cs

context.MapRoute(
                "CityPage_default",
                "CityPage/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                new { controller="Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '12 at 14:15

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You can't do this with areas, because the only way ASP.NET MVC could know that a request belongs to a given area is by using a prefix in the url. So the closest you could get is http://mysite.com/myarea. As far as the Home and Index are concerned, simply use default values in your route registration. This way you don't need to specify them in your url.

answered Feb 11 '12 at 14:15

Darin Dimitrov

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Should this route setup be in global.asax? – 1110 Feb 11 '12 at 14:18
@1110, in your `~/Areas/AreaName/AreaNameAreaRegistration.cs`. – Darin Dimitrov Feb 11 '12 at 14:20
I added code from my areaRegistration.cs but this doesn't work – 1110 Feb 11 '12 at 14:22
Where is the Home controller defined? Is it in the area? In which namespace? I tested this and it worked fine. – Darin Dimitrov Feb 11 '12 at 14:28
Home controller is in the CityPage area. Namespace is Project.WebUI.Areas.CityPage.Controllers. I don't know is it important I also have a few other areas (Security for login,register etc. and Admin for site administration) – 1110 Feb 11 '12 at 14:32
Do you have other HomeControllers in other parts of your application? – Darin Dimitrov Feb 11 '12 at 14:33
@1110, sorry I cannot reproduce your problem. Steps: 1. create a new ASP.NET MVC 3 site 2. Remove `HomeController.cs` from `~/Controllers` 3. Add a new Area called `CityPage` 4. Add a HomeController in this area with a single Index action which `return Content("foo bar");` 5. In `~/Areas/CityPage/CityPageAreaRegistration.cs`, add `controller = "Home"` to the list of constraints in the route definition 6. Run the application and navigate to `http://localhost:xxxx/citypage` 7. The Index action of HomeController is executed and the result is presented on the screen. – Darin Dimitrov Feb 11 '12 at 15:14
So if you need help please provide a step by step guide (as I did) in order for us to be able to reproduce your issue. Narrow it down of course to a very simple application (as I did). – Darin Dimitrov Feb 11 '12 at 15:15
I did all the same. 1)Create a new empty project. 2)Remove all from ~/Controllers 3) Add CityPage area 4) Add Home controller 5) Add index View 6) Added controller="Home" to CityPageAreaRegistration.cs 7) run app and url is http://localhost:xxxx/ 8) Error on page is "The view 'Index' or its master was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations. The following locations were searched: ~/Views/Home/Index.aspx" 9) If I manually type http://localhost:xxxx/citypage it works but I need to do this automatically. – 1110 Feb 11 '12 at 15:27
@1110, oh, I get it. Didn't you read my answer? Go ahead and read it once again. The only way that ASP.NET MVC knows that a request to some area is being made is by using the prefix in the url. When you type `http://localhost:xxxx` without any prefix, ASP.NET MVC cannot possibly know that you are referring to the `CityPage` area. – Darin Dimitrov Feb 11 '12 at 15:30
So you wan't to say that when user type mysite.com there is no way to navigate him automatically to mysite.com/citypage? – 1110 Feb 11 '12 at 15:35
@1110, you could use a redirect. Actually it's possible but you might need to write a custom view engine: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2172349/29407 – Darin Dimitrov Feb 11 '12 at 15:36
Can u suggest me what is good place to redirect user to area when he visit site? What is first called when app is started? – 1110 Feb 11 '12 at 17:00
@1110, one possibility is to put a default.aspx file in the root of your site that will perform the redirect. – Darin Dimitrov Feb 11 '12 at 17:01
I closed question I decided to change a project structure a "little" I will one main area store in "~/..." and store other parts in areas. Happily this in still beginning :) – 1110 Feb 11 '12 at 19:36

Default action if user is authenticated - asp mvc

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