Sending multiple parameters to Actions in ASP.NET MVC

Question

I\'d like to send multiple parameters to an action in ASP.NET MVC. I\'d also like the URL to look like this:

http://example.com/products/item/2

Answer 1

If you want a pretty URL, then add the following to your global.asax.cs.

routes.MapRoute("ProductIDs",
    "Products/item/{id}",
    new { controller = Products, action = showItem, id="" }
    new { id = @"\d+" }
 );

routes.MapRoute("ProductIDWithSender",
   "Products/item/{sender}/{id}/",
    new { controller = Products, action = showItem, id="" sender="" } 
    new { id = @"\d+", sender=@"[0-9]" } //constraint
);

And then to use the needed actions:

public ActionResult showItem(int id)
{
    //view stuff here.
}

public ActionResult showItem(int id, int sender)
{
    //view stuff here
}