How can I get the route name in controller in ASP.NET MVC?
The route name is not stored in the route unfortunately. It is just used internally in MVC as a key in a collection. I think this is something you can still use when creating links with HtmlHelper.RouteLink for example (maybe somewhere else too, no idea).
Anyway, I needed that too and here is what I did:
public static class RouteCollectionExtensions
{
public static Route MapRouteWithName(this RouteCollection routes,
string name, string url, object defaults, object constraints)
{
Route route = routes.MapRoute(name, url, defaults, constraints);
route.DataTokens = new RouteValueDictionary();
route.DataTokens.Add("RouteName", name);
return route;
}
}
So I could register a route like this:
routes.MapRouteWithName(
"myRouteName",
"{controller}/{action}/{username}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "List" }
);
In my Controller action, I can access the route name with:
RouteData.DataTokens["RouteName"]
Hope that helps.
If using the standard MapRoute setting like below:
routes.MapRoute( name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
...this will work in the view...
var routeName = Url.RequestContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString();
You could pass route name through route values using default value of additional parameter:
routes.MapRoute(
name: "MyRoute",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { routeName = "MyRoute", controller = "Home", action = "Index", id=UrlParameter.Optional }
);
Then, it is possible to get passed value from controller context:
string routeName = ControllerContext.RouteData.Values["routeName"].ToString();