Asp.Net MVC: How do I enable dashes in my urls?

Question

I\'d like to have dashes separate words in my URLs. So instead of:

/MyController/MyAction

I\'d like:

/My-Controller/My-Act         


        

Answer 1

Asp.Net MVC 5 will support attribute routing, allowing more explicit control over route names. Sample usage will look like:

[RoutePrefix("dogs-and-cats")]
public class DogsAndCatsController : Controller
{
    [HttpGet("living-together")]
    public ViewResult LivingTogether() { ... }

    [HttpPost("mass-hysteria")]
    public ViewResult MassHysteria() { }
}

To get this behavior for projects using Asp.Net MVC prior to v5, similar functionality can be found with the AttributeRouting project (also available as a nuget). In fact, Microsoft reached out to the author of AttributeRouting to help them with their implementation for MVC 5.