Controllers split by areas

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How do I register a controller that has been created in an AREA

I have the question - is it possible to do the next?

I have three Areas:

_Default
SiteOne
SiteTwo

Inside each area i have a ApiController with the same name, but in different namespaces of course:

MvcAppliaction.Areas._Default.Controllers.ValuesController
MvcAppliaction.Areas.SiteOne.Controllers.ValuesController
MvcAppliaction.Areas.SiteTwo.Controllers.ValuesController

I also have a value of current (which i would like to use) Area in configuration.

I would like to map user to controller in the proper Area (which i can find in the configuration) if he enters in the browser:

/api/values

For example, if current Area in config file is SiteOne then this request should be mapped to MvcAppliaction.Areas.SiteOne.Controllers.ValuesController controller, but if i change current Area in config file to SiteTwo of _Default it should be mapped to correct controller.

PS. With MVC controller it's easy, you just have to set your route:

routes.MapRoute(
    name: "Default",
    url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
    namespaces: new[] { "MvcApplication.Web.Areas." + SiteName + ".Controllers") }
);

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 24 '12 at 03:54

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Try adding the following using statement and modifying the route registration in your AreaRegistration.cs file.

using System.Web.Http;
...
public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
{
        context.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: this.AreaName,
            routeTemplate: this.AreaName + "/{controller}/{id}",
            defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
        );
}

answered Mar 24 '12 at 03:54

Kevin Ortman

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in this case, to access the controllers you have to write _/siteone/values_ or _/sitetwo/values_. But I want to write just _/api/values_ and get the access to controller from Area which I configured in config file. For example, if I specified SiteOne in config file and called the url _/api/values_ i will get the controller from SiteOne Area, and if I will change area in config file SiteTwo, then if I will call _/api/values/ i will get the SiteTwo controller. – Malkov Mar 24 '12 at 13:19
I'd like to propose `name: this.AreaName + "_API"` or whatever naming convention suits you - so the route name will be `Admin_API` instead of just `Admin`. In addition I've used `routeTemplate: "api/" + this.AreaName + "/{controller}/{id}"` so I can access it with `/api/admin/users/123`. If you get 404 errors then you probably have a conflict with another normal MVC route – Simon_Weaver Jul 11 '14 at 05:03

Malkov · Answer 2 · 2012-03-26T14:58:34.767

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I've created a post about how to implement the HttpControllerFactory to support Areas

And now i can just specify area name in MapHttpRoute in the Global.asax file:

routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "DefaultApi",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
            defaults: new { area = configurationService.SiteName, id = RouteParameter.Optional }
        );

edited Mar 26 '12 at 14:58

answered Mar 26 '12 at 14:50

Malkov

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '12 at 16:21

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My Suggestion would be to implement a custom DefaultControllerFactory.

You can see a very good example here

The default controller factory just lists all controllers by name on a list not allowing for this kind of functionality. The article above shows you how to create a new factory and take control over the controller creation allowing you to easily match routes to specific namespace's.

That would give the functionality you are looking for.

answered Mar 24 '12 at 16:21

dmportella

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Thanks. I thought that there is another way. So, i will implement HTTP controllers factory. – Malkov Mar 26 '12 at 08:56
No problem glad to be of help – dmportella Mar 27 '12 at 13:31

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