How to adjust asp.net URL routing based on domain/host?

Question

What's the best way to adjust the path destination for a routing table created in the global.asax Application_Start event based on the domain/sub domain/host? The following worked in IIS6, but with IIS7 the request object is decoupled from the Application_Start event and therefore does not work anymore:

Dim strHost As String = Context.Request.Url.Host  
Dim strDir As String = ""  
If strHost.Contains("domain1.com") Then  
    strDir = "area1/"  
Else  
    strDir = "area2/"  
End If  
routes.MapPageRoute("Search", "Search", "~/" & strDir & "search.aspx") 

Answer 1

Is this a setting you could read from web.config instead? <- my recommendation.

Does this post help?

http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2007/11/10/Integrated-mode-Request-is-not-available-in-this-context-in-Application_5F00_Start.aspx

Answer 2

I seem to have solved my own problem. You can't access the Request object at Application_Start with IIS7.0, though you can use it in a custom route constraint. Here's how I did it.

Define the custom route constraint:

Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.Routing

Public Class ConstraintHost
    Implements IRouteConstraint

    Private _value As String

    Sub New(ByVal value As String)
        _value = value
    End Sub

    Public Function Match(ByVal httpContext As System.Web.HttpContextBase, ByVal route As System.Web.Routing.Route, ByVal parameterName As String, ByVal values As System.Web.Routing.RouteValueDictionary, ByVal routeDirection As System.Web.Routing.RouteDirection) As Boolean Implements System.Web.Routing.IRouteConstraint.Match
        Dim hostURL = httpContext.Request.Url.Host.ToString()
        Return hostURL.IndexOf(_value, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0
    End Function
End Class

Then define the route:

routes.MapPageRoute(
    "Search_Area1",
    "Search",
    "~/area1/search.aspx",
    True,
    Nothing,
    New RouteValueDictionary(New With {.ArbitraryParamName = New ConstraintHost("domain1.com")})
)

routes.MapPageRoute(
    "Search_Area2",
    "Search",
    "~/area2/search.aspx")
)

This technique can also be used for applying different routing based on the sub-domain as well.

Big thanks to Steven Wather's asp.net mvc routing post for pointing me in the right direction (even though it was for mvc and not web forms).