How do I remap an MVC action parameter to another parameter name?

Question

I have to implement an MVC action that is invoked like this:

http://address/Controller/MyAction?resName=name

and it\'s called by a third party

Answer 1

Prefix is what you need:

ActionResult MyAction( [Bind(Prefix="resName")] String resourceName )

However, doing a http://address/Controller/MyAction?resourceName=name won't work with that setup.

Answer 2

Another option is to use the ActionParameterAlias library. The nice thing about it is that both names for a given parameter will work.

e.g.

using ActionParameterAlias;
//...

    [ParameterAlias("resourceName", "resName", Order = 1)]
    ActionResult MyAction( String resourceName )

Then calls to the controller like http://address/Controller/MyAction?resourceName=name and http://address/Controller/MyAction?resName=name will both work just fine.