ASP.Net MVC : How to do extract and automatic data mapping

Question

suppose i have link like www.mysite.com/Certificate/data/C001-P2003

my controller name is Certificate and action name data

public class CertificateController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Data(string certid,string studid)
    {
        return View();
    }
}

i want to know what i need to develop which will extract id and break into two part separated by hyphen and map two data to Data action.

C001 will map to certid and P2003 will map to studid. so i need concept how to do it?

do i need to develop any action filter ?

do i need to write any custom value provider ?

do i need to write any custom model binder ?

i do not want to break the data inside action rather i want to do it out of action. so suggest me something best idea. thanks

Answer 1

Create a convention in your RouteConfig that will map the route you want.

routes.MapRoute(
    name: "CertificateData",
    url: "Certificate/data/{certid}-{studid}",
    defaults: new { controller = "Certificate", action = "Data"}
);

Or enable Attribute Routing and use template on action to match the desired url

// GET Certificate/data/C001-P2003
[Route("Certificate/data/{certid}-{studid}")]
public ActionResult Data(string certid,string studid) {...}