MVC 5 Html.BeginForm without model

Question

I have a simple search form on my _Layout page.

How can I easily pass the value from search-fld to the controller? Without having to create a Model or ViewModel.

@using (Html.BeginForm("Search", "Home", new { id = "search-fld" }, FormMethod.Post, new { @class = "header-search pull-right" }))
{
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()

    <input type="text" placeholder="Search" id="search-fld">
    <button type="submit">
        <i class="fa fa-search"></i>
    </button>
}

If I run this then "search-fld" get send to the controller (offcourse)

Use Ajax form instead and get the value with Jquery?

Answer 1

Simply by giving your input a name attribute:

<input type="text" placeholder="Search" id="search-fld" name="searchValue">

Then matching that name with a parameter in your controller HttpPost method:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Search(string searchValue)