Asp.net MVC 3 help regarding URL

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Hi,
I am making an application with MVC3 i have a URL like
where uname is the value of username of the user (for eg abc123)

http://localhost:5000/UserProfile/ShowProfile/abc123

i want to retrieve this value in controller

how can i retrieve it??
I have registered routing in global.asax.cs but have no idea how to retrieve it

my Action is

C#

public ActionResult ShowProfile(string customuserName)
       {         

       }

Posted 18-Jan-12 0:56am

Syed Salman Raza Zaidi

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Kethu Sasikanth · Answer 1 · 2012-01-18T12:54:00

Based on your example the Controller = UserProfile and Action=ShowProfile. Now coming to the point, check the routing for this kind of url

Your route should be:

C#

routes.MapRoute(
"Default",
"{controller}/{action}/{customuserName}",
new { controller = "UserProfile", action = "ShowProfile", customuserName = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
//Then the action will be:
public ActionResult ShowProfile(string customuserName)
       {         
 
       }

//so, change the parameter name that you defined in routing also.

I would like tell more about routing, but it will be distracting. Please read about the routing so that you can avoid routing mistakes.