I have a custom admin section which manages a list of "Products". I would like to be able to view these products in the front-end with a custom route such as:
You should create a node (new docType) in your content tree (which acts as your "details" page). In the assigned controller you can get the Request.Url.PathAndQuery (or which part you need) and parse it yourself!
You can do the following with the ContentFinder:
If the URL starts with /products/ but ends with something else (like your my-product-name-2), you basically say that the published content of your request should be the overview page (by assigning its ID (from your new details page)).
By writing this Umbraco will automatically call the controller of your page (the ID you have entered before) and you can parse the URL.
Anyone who needs this in the future, here's a little bit more detail with a code example:
create a class with the following:
/// <summary>
/// This manages custom routing for product detail pages
/// </summary>
public class ProductDetailContentFinder : IContentFinder
{
public bool TryFindContent(PublishedContentRequest request)
{
var productDetailURL = "/products/";
var path = request.Uri.PathAndQuery;
// if path starts with the product detail url but is also longer than
if (path.StartsWith(productDetailURL) && path.Length > productDetailURL.Length)
{
var contentCache = UmbracoContext.Current.ContentCache;
var content = contentCache.GetById(1165);
if (content == null)
return false;
request.PublishedContent = content;
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
then insert the ContentFinder into the routing engine:
public class ApplicationEvents : ApplicationEventHandler
{
protected override void ApplicationStarting(UmbracoApplicationBase umbracoApplication, ApplicationContext applicationContext)
{
// insert custom routing for product detail pages
ContentFinderResolver.Current.InsertType<ProductDetailContentFinder>();
}
}
and then you will be able to pick up the custom path being sent to the template:
// if the path was /products/my-product-name then this variable would have a value of "my-product-name"
var productName = Request.Url.PathAndQuery.Split('/').Last();
custom route for data in custom admin section
I have a custom admin section which manages a list of "Products". I would like to be able to view these products in the front-end with a custom route such as:
mywebsite.com/products/my-product-name-1 mywebsite.com/products/my-product-name-2
what is the easiest way to hook up a custom route to do this using umbraco 7.2.1?
thanks!
Hi.
I have done almost the same already in Umbraco 7.
You should create a node (new docType) in your content tree (which acts as your "details" page). In the assigned controller you can get the
Request.Url.PathAndQuery(or which part you need) and parse it yourself!You will alos need to use the
ContentFinder. See here for an example: https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Reference/Request-Pipeline/IContentFinderYou can do the following with the ContentFinder:
If the URL starts with
/products/but ends with something else (like yourmy-product-name-2), you basically say that the published content of your request should be the overview page (by assigning its ID (from your new details page)).By writing this Umbraco will automatically call the controller of your page (the ID you have entered before) and you can parse the URL.
Hope this helps, bye Tobi
Thanks for your reply but I'm a little confused.
when you say "controller" are you referring to the Template for that DocumentType?
I'm trying to figure out where exactly these code changes need to be implemented.
Thanks
Edit: Got it sorted out. thanks for your assistance. I've added the appropriate code to my Template (aka Controller) and it's working now. thanks!
Anyone who needs this in the future, here's a little bit more detail with a code example:
create a class with the following:
then insert the ContentFinder into the routing engine:
and then you will be able to pick up the custom path being sent to the template:
// if the path was /products/my-product-name then this variable would have a value of "my-product-name"
var productName = Request.Url.PathAndQuery.Split('/').Last();
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