ASP.Net mvc2 url format issue

Question

In my mvc2 project, some URL are shown in the browser like this,

localhost:53289/Paper/ViewAgendaPaper?MeetingId=186&type=2&RefId=186

but i prefer to look it like this,

localhost:53289/Paper/ViewAgendaPaper

In my Global.asax,

routes.MapRoute(
                "Default", // Route name
                "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
                new { controller = "Default", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
            );

How to hide the id fields in the URL. Please give me some idea. Thankyou.

Answer 1

As far as I think you can't hide the Ids as they are supposed to be passed to fetch the exact data, however instead of

localhost:53289/Paper/ViewAgendaPaper?MeetingId=186&type=2&RefId=186

you can have it like:

localhost:53289/Paper/ViewAgendaPaper/186/2/186

Going through this post will help you more: How can I create a friendly URL in ASP.NET MVC?

Answer 2

You cannot do what you are asking for with a simple link. An anchor link <a>...</a> performs a simple GET. If you want to hide the parameters, you would need to do a POST to the page in question.