ASP.NET MVC - Removing controller name from URL

Question

I want to remove the controller name from my URL (for one specific controller). For example:

http://mydomain.com/MyController/MyAction

I would want this URL to be changed to:

http://mydomain.com/MyAction

How would I go about doing this in MVC? I am using MVC2 if that helps me in anyway.

Answer 1

You should map new route in the global.asax (add it before the default one), for example:

routes.MapRoute("SpecificRoute", "{action}/{id}", new {controller = "MyController", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional});  // default route routes.MapRoute("Default", "{controller}/{action}/{id}", new {controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional} ); 

Answer 2

To update this for 2016/17/18 - the best way to do this is to use Attribute Routing.

The problem with doing this in RouteConfig.cs is that the old route will also still work - so you'll have both

http://example.com/MyController/MyAction

AND

http://example.com/MyAction

Having multiple routes to the same page is bad for SEO - can cause path issues, and create zombie pages and errors throughout your app.

With attribute routing you avoid these problems and it's far easier to see what routes where. All you have to do is add this to RouteConfig.cs (probably at the top before other routes may match):

routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes(); 

Then add the Route Attribute to each action with the route name, eg

[Route("MyAction")] public ActionResult MyAction() { ... }