ASP.NET MVC - Regex for a URL Slug
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20-09-2019 - |
Question
I am writing a URL Slug for routing. Should I leave the slug constraint blank or what?
Here is my code:
routes.MapRoute(
null,
"q/{slug}/{id}",
new { controller = "q", action = "Index" },
new { id = @"^(\{){0,1}[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}(\}){0,1}$" }
);
The slug will be in this format
how_do_you_open_jar_file_on_computer
Solution
I would leave it blank there. I would leave it up to the Action in the Controller to determine if its valid or not. That way you can easily throw 404 errors or redirect to default pages.
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