Passing multiple parameters to a controller? - asp.net-mvc

Question

ok. simple one that is wrapping my brain
I have a method that I have in the controller
public ActionResult Details(string strFirstName, string strLastName)
{
return View(repository.getListByFirstNameSurname(strFirstName, strLastName)
}
How do i get multiple parameters from the URL to the controller?
I dont want to use the QueryString as it seems to be non-mvc mind set.
Is there a Route? Or Other mechanism to make this work? Or am I missing something altogehter here with MVC
EDIT
the url that I am trying for is
http://site.com/search/details/FirstName and Surname
so if this was classic asp
http://site.com/search/details?FirstName+Surname
But i feel that i have missed understood something which in my haste to get to working code, I have missed the point that there really should be in a put request - and I should collect this from the formcollection.
Though might be worth while seeing if this can be done - for future reference =>

Answer 1

For example, suppose that you have an action method that calculates the distance between two points:
public void Distance(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2)
{
double xSquared = Math.Pow(x2 - x1, 2);
double ySquared = Math.Pow(y2 - y1, 2);
Response.Write(Math.Sqrt(xSquared + ySquared));
}
Using only the default route, the request would need to look like this:
/simple/distance?x2=1&y2=2&x1=0&y1=0
We can improve on this by defining a route that allows you to specify the parameters in a cleaner format.
Add this code inside the RegisterRoutes methods within the Global.asax.cs.
routes.MapRoute("distance",
"simple/distance/{x1},{y1}/{x2},{y2}",
new { Controller = "Simple", action = "Distance" }
);
We can now call it using /simple/distance/0,0/1,2

Answer 2

Something like this?:
routes.MapRoute("TheRoute",
"{controller}/{action}/{strFirstName}/{strLastName}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", strFirstName = "", strLastName = "" }
);
or:
routes.MapRoute("TheRoute2",
"people/details/{strFirstName}/{strLastName}",
new { controller = "people", action = "details", strFirstName = "", strLastName = "" }
);
UPDATED:
This route should be placed before "Default" route:
// for urls like http://site.com/search/details/FirstName/Surname
routes.MapRoute("TheRoute",
"search/details/{strFirstName}/{strLastName}",
new { controller = "search", action = "details", strFirstName = "", strLastName = "" }
);
routes.MapRoute("Default",
"{controller}/{action}/{id}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }
);

Answer 3

Use hidden values in your form
<%= Html.Hidden("strFirstName", Model.FirstName)%>
<%= Html.Hidden("strLastName", Model.LastName)%>
and the model binder will do the binding
public ActionResult Details(string strFirstName, string strLastName)
{
return View(repository.getListByFirstNameSurname(strFirstName, strLastName)
}

Answer 4

It is also possible to use FormCollection:
public ActionResult Details(int listId, FormCollection form)
{
return View(rep.getList(form["firstName"], form["lastName"])
}
Likewise, if the HTTP request contains a form value with the exact same name (case sensitive), it will automatically be passed into the ActionResult method.
Also, just to be clear, there is nothing un-MVC about querystring parameters.

Answer 5

I also had the same problem once and what I did was use the Ajax call inside the jQuery function. First I selected all parameter values using jQuery selectors. Below is my jQuery function.
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#btnSendNow').click(function () {
var grid = $('#Patient-kendo-Grid').data('kendoGrid');
var location = $('#EmailTempalteLocation option:selected').text();
var appoinmentType = $('#EmailTemplateAppoinmentType option:selected').text();
var emailTemplateId = $('#EmailTemplateDropdown').val();
var single = $('input:radio[name=rdbSingle]:checked').val();
var data = grid.dataSource.view();
var dataToSend = {
patients: data,
place: location,
appoinment: appoinmentType,
rdbsingle: single,
templateId: emailTemplateId
};
debugger;
$.ajax({
url: 'Controller/Action',
type: 'post',
dataType: 'json',
contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
data: JSON.stringify(dataToSend)
});
});
});
</script>
My controller method has five parameters and it is as below.
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult SendEmailToMany(List<PatientModel> patients, string place, string appoinment, string rdbsingle, string templateId)
{
emailScheduleModel = new EmailScheduleModel();
AmazonSentEmailResultModel result;
List<string> _toEmailAddressList = new List<string>();
List<string> _ccEmailAddressList = new List<string>();
List<string> _bccEmailAddressList = new List<string>();
IEmailTemplateService emailTemplateService = new EmailTemplateService();
EmailTemplateContract template = emailTemplateService.GetEmailTemplateById(new Guid(templateId));
emailScheduleModel.EmailTemplateContract = new EmailTemplateContract();
emailScheduleModel.EmailTemplateContract = template;
}
It is working fine in my developments.
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