pass a url string as parameter to mvc controller

Question

Hello, I need to pass a full website url to my controller action, like this:

http://myweb/controller/action/http://blabla.com/dir2

how to create a new route for passing this parameter to action?

Answer 1

routes.MapRoute("Name", "{controller}/{action}/{*url}");

Additional Info:

• ASP.NET MVC In-Depth: The Life of an ASP.NET MVC Request

Answer 2

Pass it as a parameter.

<%= Html.ActionLink( "Link", 
                     "MyAction",
                     "MyController",
                     new { url = "http://blah.com/blah" },
                     null ) %>

Should produce a link that looks like:

<a href='/MyController/MyAction?url=http://blah.com/blah'&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;

Your action would look like:

public ActionResult MyAction( string url )
{
   ...
}

Answer 3

also remember to encode the url parameter.