Show views based on authentication status in asp.net mvc - c#

If user is logged in I want to show my department view, if not logged in want to show login page. I have tried something like this inside my RouteConfig
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
if (HttpContext.Current.User==null)
{
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Account", action = "Login", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
else
{
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Department", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
But this one always loads login page at startup.Can anyone point out what I am doing wrong here?
Note: I am using Asp.net Identity for this application

Your HttpContext.Current.User==null logic would go in the controller, not your route registration
Note- the correct call is Request.IsAuthenticated
Assuming you have an action method like this:
public ViewResult Index()
{
if(Request.IsAuthenticated)
return new RedirectResult("toLoginPage")
else
return new View("loggedInView");
}
However, I believe the [Authorize] attribute could be what you want in your use case: (note - having re-read the question, this may not be accurate, as you want to return a different view based on login status)
[Authorize]
public ViewResult ShowPerson(int id)
{
return new View("loggedInView");
}
And in your web.config, something like
<system.web>
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" />
</authentication>
</system.web>
In this particular instance, with the [Authorize] attribute above the action method, if the user is not logged in, they'd be redirected to log in.

Create your own Authorization attribute:
public class CustomAuthorize: AuthorizeAttribute
{
protected override void HandleUnauthorizedRequest(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
{
if(filterContext.HttpContext.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
base.HandleUnauthorizedRequest(filterContext);
}
else
{
filterContext.Result = new RedirectToRouteResult(new
RouteValueDictionary(new{ controller = "Error", action = "AccessDenied" }));
}
}
}
Then add [CustomAuthorize] to your controller and change the route it points to.
This was taken from here

You can achieve this with route constraints:
public class DelegateConstraint : IRouteConstraint
{
private readonly Func<HttpContextBase, bool> _isMatch;
public DelegateConstraint(Func<HttpContextBase, bool> isMatch)
{
_isMatch = isMatch;
}
public bool Match(HttpContextBase httpContext, Route route, string parameterName, RouteValueDictionary values, RouteDirection routeDirection)
{
return _isMatch(httpContext);
}
}
public class RouteConfig
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
name: "CustomAuth1",
url: "AuthArea/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Department", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
constraints: new { auth = new DelegateConstraint(httpContext => !httpContext.Request.IsAuthenticated) }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "CustomAuth2",
url: "AuthArea/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Account", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
constraints: new { auth = new DelegateConstraint(httpContext => httpContext.Request.IsAuthenticated) }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
In this example the ~/AuthArea url will be resolved by Account or Department controller depending on the Request.IsAuthenticated property.
UPDATE:
This way you get a complete routing capability, but still need to specify the correct controller:
#Html.ActionLink("Context dependent link", "Index", #Request.IsAuthenticated ? "Account" : "Department")
This link would always be rendered as:
Context dependent link

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Can't change default action in RouteConfig MVC5

I've a strange behavior of configured route in Route Config in MVC5 app.
So, actually I try to do pretty much easy thing - change default action of a route.
To do that I've changed the defaults of a route, instead of having action = "Index", I've changed it to my required action AddUser (Look at the code below).
public class RouteConfig
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
name: "ManageUser",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "ManageUser", action = "AddUser", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
And I've next controller:
[Authorize(Roles ="Admin")]
public class ManageUserController : Controller
{
// GET: ManageUser/AddUser
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult AddUser()
{
return View();
}
}
So, now I expect that whenever user goes by URL: ManageUser/ he'll be redirected to defined default action but it doesn't happen, I just have 404 error. I can fix it simply by adding Index action and then redirect to AddUser, but it doesn't seem right to me. Could somebody help me understand what I've done wrong?
I think, your config should look like this:
public class RouteConfig
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
"ManageUser",
"ManageUser/{action}/{id}",
new { controller = "ManageUser", action = "AddUser", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
routes.MapRoute(
"Default",
"{controller}/{action}/{id}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
The first parameter is the name of the route. Second is the URL, which match URLs that start with ManageUser, and allows for other actions in your ManageUser controller. As you can see, it will default to the AddUser action.
And if you want to call AddUser with paramater, you must call it by full url ManageUser/AddUser/1

C# Asp.Net MVC - Parameter Only Action Request [duplicate]

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Routing in ASP.NET MVC, showing username in URL
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I have an Asp.Net MVC project whereby we allow our users to have public profiles.
I would like to improve the url, so that it is more friendly, and shorter.
The existing code is as follows -
public class ProfileController : Controller
{
private readonly IUserProfileService _userProfileService;
public ProfileController(IUserProfileService userProfileService)
{
this._userProfileService = userProfileService;
}
public ActionResult Index(string id)
{
//Get users profile from the database using the id
var viewModel = _userProfileService.Get(id);
return View(viewModel);
}
}
public class RouteConfig
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
//Required for the route prefix attributes to work!
routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes();
routes.MapRoute(
"ProfileUrlIndexActionRemoval",
"Profile/{id}",
new { controller = "Profile", action = "Index" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
The aforementioned code allows the following url to work (based on the default MVC routing) - www.mydomain.com/profile/john-doe
What routing do I need to implement, in order to allow the following url to work instead - www.mydomain.com/john-doe
Thanks.
This is a little tricky as you want the friendly URL in the root of the site while not conflicting with any other routes.
That would mean that if you have any other routes like About or Contact you would need to make sure that are in the route table before the friendly route to avoid route conflicts.
public class RouteConfig
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
//Required for the route prefix attributes to work!
routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes();
routes.MapRoute(
"ProfileUrlIndexActionRemoval",
"Profile/{id}",
new { controller = "Profile", action = "Index" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Home",
url: "Home/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "About",
url: "About/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "About", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Contact",
url: "Contact/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Contact", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
routes.MapRoute(
"Default_Frieldly",
"{*id}",
new { controller = "Profile", action = "Index" }
);
}
}
And finally because the default route will capture all unmatched routes, you will need to take not found profiles into account.
public class ProfileController : Controller {
//...code removed for brevity
public ActionResult Index(string id) {
//Get users profile from the database using the id
var viewModel = _userProfileService.Get(id);
if(viewModel == null) {
return NotFound();
}
return View(viewModel);
}
}
By having the profile controller prefix in the original URL it made it unique so as to avoid route conflicts, but in wanting the root friendly URL, while not impossible, you see the hoops needed to jump through in order to get the desired behavior.
This is how I would do it. Register a route that matches any string after the root slash.
Note that this severely limits the routes you can use for the application since not everything matching /{id} may actually be a user ID, which is why applications will typically prefix the route with /profile or /p.
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.MapRoute(
name: "UserIdRoute",
url: "{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
public ActionResult Index(string id)
{
//Get users profile from the database using the id
var viewModel = _userProfileService.Get(id);
return View();
}

Map route to to index action in .NET MVC

How do I map unmatched routes to the index action for that controller?
I'm using a client side router for routes like /Home/foo
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Test",
url: "{controller}/{*.}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
This currently results in a 404.
Your route that you used is correct, the problem is the orders of the routes that need to be added in write format:
for example if you have some routes like:
routes.MapRoute(
name: "PreTest",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Test",
url: "{controller}/{*.}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
So it is always matched with first route PreTest. Check your routes order. It is work like a dictionary that ordered. Check this for more information.
I would create an AuthorizeAttribute to handle your case. Then you can decorate your controller with that attribute.
Here's a small example to redirect your action base on a value in the route:
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Method)]
public sealed class RedirectAttribute:ActionFilterAttribute
{
public override void OnActionExecuted(ActionExecutedContext filterContext)
{
if(filterContext.Controller.ControllerContext.RouteData.Values.ContainsValue("Foo"))
{
//Redirect to the login for example
UrlHelper urlHelper = new UrlHelper(filterContext.HttpContext.Request.RequestContext);
string url = urlHelper.Action("actionName", "controllerName");
filterContext.Result = new RedirectResult(redirectUrl);
}
}
}
Here's how to use it in a controller:
[Redirect]
public class MyCustomController : AsyncController
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
public ActionResult Foo()
{
//It will redirect
return View();
}
}

Change name of parameter in action

i have project with Map Route (that's all):
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Product", action = "List", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
and I have method in controller:
public ViewResult List(int id = 1)
{
...
}
and in List.cshtml:
#Html.ActionLink(i.ToString(), "List", "Product", new { id = i }, null)
but i want to change id to page, but not change it in RouteConfig.cs, i think that's some attribute which can config my route for action. I want this solution:
#Html.ActionLink(i.ToString(), "List", "Product", new { page = i }, null)
and
[maybe here I can add my specify route?]
public ViewResult List(int page = 1)
{
...
}
You can use attribute routing to override the convention.
First make sure attribute routing is enabled:
public class RouteConfig
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes();
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Product", action = "List", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
Then add appropriate attribute to your controller method, for example:
[Route("YourControllerName/List/{page?}")]
public ViewResult List(int page = 1)
{
...
}
Question mark makes the page parameter optional.
If it's a default controller and action
[Route("")]
[Route("YourControllerName/List/{page?}")]
public ViewResult List(int page = 1)
{
...
}
More about attribute routing can be found here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2013/10/17/attribute-routing-in-asp-net-mvc-5.aspx

How to convert query string parameters to route in asp.net mvc 4

I have a blogging system that I'm building and I can't seem to get ASP.NET MVC to understand my route.
the route I need is /blogs/student/firstname-lastname so /blogs/student/john-doe, which routes to a blogs area, student controller's index action, which takes a string name parameter.
Here is my route
routes.MapRoute(
name: "StudentBlogs",
url: "blogs/student/{name}",
defaults: new { controller = "Student", action="Index"}
);
My controller action
public ActionResult Index(string name)
{
string[] nameparts = name.Split(new char[]{'-'});
string firstName = nameparts[0];
string lastName = nameparts[1];
if (nameparts.Length == 2 && name != null)
{
// load students blog from database
}
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Index", new { area = "Blogs" });
}
But it won't seem to resolve...it works fine with /blogs/student/?name=firstname-lastname, but not using the route I want, which is /blogs/student/firstname-lastname. Any advice on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
My RouteConfig
public class RouteConfig
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
name: "StudentBlogs",
url: "blogs/student/{name}",
defaults: new { controller = "Student", action = "Index"},
constraints: new { name = #"[a-zA-Z-]+" },
namespaces: new string[] { "IAUCollege.Areas.Blogs.Controllers" }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Sitemap",
url :"sitemap.xml",
defaults: new { controller = "XmlSiteMap", action = "Index", page = 0}
);
//CmsRoute is moved to Gloabal.asax
// campus maps route
routes.MapRoute(
name: "CampusMaps",
url: "locations/campusmaps",
defaults: new { controller = "CampusMaps", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
// core route
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
// error routes
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Error",
url: "Error/{status}",
defaults: new { controller = "Error", action = "Error404", status = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
// Add our route registration for MvcSiteMapProvider sitemaps
MvcSiteMapProvider.Web.Mvc.XmlSiteMapController.RegisterRoutes(routes);
}
}
You have to declare custom routes before the default routes. Otherwise it will be mapping to {controller}/{action}/{id}.
Global.asax typically looks like this:
protected void Application_Start()
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}
If you created an Area named Blogs, there is a corresponding BlogsAreaRegistration.cs file that looks like this:
public class BlogsAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration
{
public override string AreaName
{
get
{
return "Blogs";
}
}
public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
{
context.MapRoute(
"Admin_default",
"Blogs/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
Hyphens are sometimes treated like forward slashes in routes. When you are using the route blogs/students/john-doe, my guess is that it is matching the Area pattern above using blogs/students/john/doe, which would result in a 404. Add your custom route to the BlogsAreaRegistration.cs file above the default routes.
Try adding the parameter to the route:
routes.MapRoute(
name: "StudentBlogs",
url: "blogs/student/{name}",
defaults: new { controller = "Student", action="Index", name = UrlParameter.Optional}
);
Try adding a constraint for the name parameter:
routes.MapRoute(
name: "StudentBlogs",
url: "blogs/student/{name}",
defaults: new { controller = "Student", action="Index" },
constraints: new { name = #"[a-zA-Z-]+" }
);
Dashes are a bit weird in MVC at times.. because they are used to resolve underscores. I will remove this answer if this doesn't work (although.. it should).
This has the added benefit of failing to match the route if a URL such as /blogs/student/12387 is used.
EDIT:
If you have controllers with the same name.. you need to include namespaces in both of your routes in each area. It doesn't matter where the controllers are.. even if in separate areas.
Try adding the appropriate namespace to each of the routes that deal with the Student controller. Somewhat like this:
routes.MapRoute(
name: "StudentBlogs",
url: "blogs/student/{name}",
defaults: new { controller = "Student", action="Index" },
namespaces: new string[] { "Website.Areas.Blogs.Controllers" }
);
..and perhaps Website.Areas.Admin.Controllers for the one in the admin area.

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