Create Custom Route in MVC 5 for Date

Question

I am trying to convert the below url

https://localhost:44322/BankHoliday/NewBankHoliday?holidayDate=08%2F25%2F2016%2000%3A00%3A00&countryID=GBR

to https://localhost:44322/BankHoliday/NewBankHoliday/holidayDate/08-25-2016/countryID/GBR

I have tried this code but it does not work

 routes.MapRoute(
                null,
                "{holidayDate}/{countryID}",
                new { Controller = "BankHoliday", action = "NewBankHoliday" }, new { holidayDate = @"\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4}" }
            );

Answer 1

To achieve a url of BankHoliday/NewBankHoliday/holidayDate/08-25-2016/countryID/GBR, you route definition would need to be

routes.MapRoute(
    name: "Bank",
    url: "BankHoliday/NewBankHoliday/holidayDate/{holidayDate}/countryID/{countryID}",
    defaults: new { controller = "BankHoliday", action = "NewBankHoliday"}
);

and located before the default route. It unclear why you want the text holidayDate and countryID in the route and a more conventional url would be

url: "BankHoliday/NewBankHoliday/{holidayDate}/{countryID}",

to generate BankHoliday/NewBankHoliday/08-25-2016/GBR

Then the controller method will need to be

public class BankHolidayController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult NewBankHoliday(DateTime holidayDate, string countryID)
    {
        ....

assuming the culture on your server accepts dates in MM-dd-yyyy format.

and to generate the link in the view

@Html.ActionLink("Your Link Text", "NewBankHoliday", "BankHoliday", new { holidayDate = "08-25-2016", countryID = "GBD"}, null)