How send unknown number of inputs texts into create action in MVC?

Question

In my Create View, I have a form that the user decides how many objects to add to the database. Lets say the DB is for a Recipe site, so in add recipe you will have 1 textbox for RecipeName, but the number of ingredients change from one recipe to another, so I let the user add textboxes with Jquery. now, after the user presses the submit button, I want to manually get the Querystring and order them by the inputbox name.

my question is how do I get the Querystring in the create action?

I tried to use the Request.QueryString[], but it returns null.

thanks in advance, Nimi

Answer 1

1. Add a ViewModel class:

   public class RecipeViewModel
   {

     public string ReceipeName {get; set;}
   
     public List<string> ingredients {get; set;}
   

   }

2. Bind your view to this ViewModel

3. Now use Jquery/Javascript to give user facility to add ingredients .

Answer 2

I think it's the case to use BeginCollectionItem:

MVC 3 Dynamic Form Using a ViewModel

It is available in NuGet as a package:

https://www.nuget.org/packages/BeginCollectionItem/