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How to Create URL friendly route and remove index – SEO

I know how to create a URL friendly route and i also know how to remove index. But I’m wondering how do I combine the two together?

Using this tutorial https://www.jerriepelser.com/blog/generate-seo-friendly-urls-aspnet-mvc/ I was able to add the following code to allow for url friendly routes.

routes.Add("ProductDetails", new SeoFriendlyRoute("drink/{id}",
    new RouteValueDictionary(new { controller = "Drink", action = "Index" }),
    new MvcRouteHandler()));

So instead of my url being test.com/index/drink/1 it now becomes test.com/index/drink/coke

The next set of code I have is to remove the index from the url. 

routes.MapRoute("DrinkRoute",
    "drink/{id}",
    new { controller = "Drink", action = "Index" });

This will succesfully convert test.com/index/drink/1 to test.com/drink/1

May I ask how do I combine the two together so that I can have a route that will lead me to the correct controller action and display test.com/drink/coke

RouteConfig 

routes.MapRoute(
    name: "Default",
    url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
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  1. 0

    If I understand you correctly, you can achieve desired behavior with RouteConfig.cs:

    public class RouteConfig
{
    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

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

        routes.MapRoute(
            name: "Default",
            url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
        );
    }
}

    In that case the url test.com/drink/coke will be hit with the controller DrinkController.cs and the action method Index. Id will be coke. Source code of this controller:

    public class DrinkController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index(string id)
    {
        return View();
    }
}
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  2. 0

    You can also achieve the same using attribute routing which would provide more control of the desired routes.

    Reference Attribute Routing in ASP.NET MVC 5

    First you would need to enable attribute routing by calling routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes(); in your RouteConfig. Make sure it is registered before convention-based routes.

    public class RouteConfig {
    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        //Attribute routes
        routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes();

        //Default convention-based routes
        routes.MapRoute(
            name: "Default",
            url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
        );
    }
}

    With attribute routing enabled you can specify your routes by annotating your actions and controllers.

    [RoutePrefix("drink")]
public class DrinkController : Controller {
    [HttpGet]
    [Route("{name}")] // GET drink/coke
    public ActionResult Index(string name) {

        //...use name to get model

        return View();
    }

    //..
}

    The above DrinkController.Index action is now mapped to GET drink/coke assuming test.com is the host of the controller as shown in your example.

    Any controllers or actions not annotated by routing attributes will default back to the convention based routes (if any) registered in the routing table.

    This means that you can have a mix of convention-based and attribute-based routes defined for your controllers.

    Note however that once you use the attribute routes on a controller that you will have to use it on all its public actions.

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  3. 0

    You can remove the SEO Routes and give your action or controller full control:

    public class DrinkssController : Controller
{
    [Route("drink/{drinkName}")]
    public ActionResult Index(string drinkName)
    {
        var model = _drinks.First(x => x.name == drinkName);
        return View(model);
    }
}
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