Asp.net MVC custom routing

Question

I need to create a custom routing for this url: /par1/par2/par3/par99/11

The url must redirect to home/index/11 11 is the Id,i need only this parameter, the other parameter (par1/par2/...) are only for SEO purpose and could be any word.

par1,par2,etc.. are created dinamically , so the Url could be: /par1/par2/11 or /par1/par2/par3/111 or /par1/3

etc...

thank you

Answer 1

Maybe you'll start with this and adjust to your needs:

routes.MapRoute(
    "Def0", // Route name
    "{controller}/{action}/{seo1}/{seo2}/{seo3}/{id}"
);

routes.MapRoute(
    "Def1", // Route name
    "{controller}/{action}/{seo1}/{seo2}/{id}"
);

routes.MapRoute(
    "Def2", // Route name
    "{controller}/{action}/{seo1}/{id}"
);

routes.MapRoute(
    "Def3", // Route name
    "{controller}/{action}/{id}"
);

Answer 2

you could just turn it around and go with

routes.MapRoute(
    "Route",
    "{id}/{*seostuff}",
    new {controller = "Home", action="Index", seo = UrlParameter.Optional});

that will allow you to map urls such as http://www.somesite.com/11/whatever/goes-here/will-be-whatever-you/want

Answer 3

Since your id is at the end, you would need to make 99 routes to handle all the stuff in between in order for the id route to the controller (easily).

I would stick the id to the left of the "SEO stuff" if possible, so it can be thrown away easier, exactly like @Morder described. The {*seostuff} parameter catches forward slashes ('/'), whereas thee {seo1}, {seo2} parameters do not.

look at the way stackoverflow does urls; after the id everything is thrown away.