Change route string url of blog from controller/action/{Url} to {Url}

Question

I have my personal blog site which was done using Asp.Net MVC and C# language.

As I have configured RouteConfig with "controller/action/{*Url}" for blog URL where {*Url} could be any text.

Now I want to change the Url pattern from "controller/action/{*Url}" to {*Url}.

Example:

From below Url

To

I have done the following changes

routes.MapRoute("", "mycontroller/myactionmethod/{*Url}", new { controller = "Home", action = "NewsDetail", Url = "" });

But it is calling every time URL hits my domain.

Please suggest what are the possible solutions that will not affect other functionality or URLs and it should fulfill my requirements.

Thanks in advance.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '20 at 19:21

After a few google search and R&D on Attribute-based routing I have come up with one solution:

Steps:

Need to define that I am using Attribute routing
```
routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes();
```
Remove existing route entry for the Action method.
Set Attribute route entry path above the Action method.

[Route("{Url}")]
Just update the URL in href from previous to just URL.

From

<a href="/home/newsdetail/@item.Url">

To

<a href="/@item.Url">

Change route string url of blog from controller/action/{*Url} to {*Url}