Optional Parameters with AttributeRouting
I found a little trick with using Optional Parameters with AttributeRouting, by using standard optional parameters in the action.
The documentation says you can add an attributes to specify the defaults, or add =value
to the parameter name, and I guess that's a more correct way to generate routes, but you can achieve the same affect by making the parameter optional. Like so:
[GET("videos/{?page}")]
public ActionResult Videos(int page = 1)
{
return View("Result");
}
If I browse to the URL:
It uses the default value of 1.
Now when appending a number to the end of the URL:
It captures the correct value:
I prefer this method, the optional parameter on the action is more quickly identified, than looking at the attribute to see the defaults. (in my opinion)
Ahh AttributeRouting, how I love you.
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