MapRouting ASP.Net MVC4 - Cant generate new URL's

Question

I have a problem with my MapRouting. I want to generate new URL's with the name from an array list. I am new with MVC and are trying with the experiense from Web app's. I want to generate new links that dont have Action in it. I just want "Localhost/Chat/" + chatName. Please ask me questions if you dont understand sense im not so good at explaining!

        LocalhostHoardeWebService.varShareWS addChatRooms = new LocalhostHoardeWebService.varShareWS();
        Array wsRespnonsAddChatObject = addChatRooms.addAllChatRoomsRoute();



        foreach (string chatNameArray in wsRespnonsAddChatObject)
        {
            string chatName = chatNameArray.ToString();

            routes.MapRoute(
                name: chatName,
                url: "{controller}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Chat", id = chatName  }
           );

        }

Answer 1

Your misunderstanding how routes work. You need to specify a default controller and action method, and in the action method you pass the value of chatName to a parameter. you route should look like (one route, no loop). Also make sure this is above the Default route.

routes.MapRoute(
  name: "chat",
  url: "Chat/{id}",
  defaults: new { controller = "Chat", action = Index }
);

and in ChatController

public ActionResult Index(string id)
{
  // id is the value of chatName
}

and call it as /Chat/abc or /Chat/xyz