Is it possible to change the querystring variable in ASP.NET MVC path before it hits the controller?

Question

I have a controller method in ASP.NET MVC that looks like this:

public ActionResult GetAlbumPictures(int albumId)
{
    var album = AlbumRepo.GetSingle(album         


        

Answer 1

You can create a custom action filter attribute to handle this scenario. I haven't tested this specific implementation, but the general idea is to do something like this:

public class AlbumAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
    {
         public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
         {
             var albumId = filterContext.HttpContext.Request.QueryString["album"] as string;
             filterContext.ActionParameters["albumId"] = albumId;

             base.OnActionExecuting(filterContext);
         }
    }

Then, decorate your action method with the [Album] attribute:

[Album]
public ActionResult GetAlbumPictures(int albumId)
{
    var album = AlbumRepo.GetSingle(albumId);
    var pictures = album.Pictures;
    return View(pictures);
}