Passing objects as parameters to ActionResult methods in ASP .Net MVC from desktop client

Question

Given the following code:

using (var client = new WebClient())
  {
    string url = string.Concat(someUrl, "SomeControllerName/", currentId, "/WriteLogFile");
    var toWrite = DateTime.Now

    /* Code to post object to URL goes here e.g. client.UploadValues(url, someNameValueCollectionObject)*/
  }

And the controller method signature:

public ActionResult WriteLogFile(DateTime date, int id)

How can I make the first portion of the code pass the DateTime object to this ActionResult method?

Answer 1

Add a query string parameter:

var toWrite = DateTime.Now;
string url = string.Concat(someUrl, "SomeControllerName/", currentId, "/WriteLogFile");
url = string.Concat(url, "?date=", toWrite.ToString("s"));

Answer 2

you can use the format string in for the date

string url = string.Format("someUrl/SomeControllerName/WriteLogFile/{0}/{1}", currentId, DateTime.Now.ToString("MM-dd-yyyy"));

and add an entry in to the routes table to route it to the appropriate controller and action

routes.MapRoute("SomeRoutename",
                "SomeControllerName/WriteLogFile/{id}/{date}",
                new {   controller = "SomeControllerName", action = "WriteLogFile", 
                        date= DateTime.Now});