RouteJs

RouteJs allows you to use your ASP.NET MVC or WebForms routes from JavaScript. It does not depend on jQuery or any other JavaScript framework, so can be used in any scenario. RouteJs works with your existing MVC routes, you do not need to use a different routing syntax or modify any of your existing routes at all.

Bug reports and feature requests are welcome!

Requirements

Required:

• ASP.NET 4.0 or higher
• Json.NET
• Any version of ASP.NET MVC from 2 onwards, including ASP.NET Core

Installation

For ASP.NET MVC 5 and older

Install-Package RouteJs.Mvc4

(replace RouteJs.Mvc4 with RouteJs.Mvc3 for ASP.NET MVC 3 or RouteJs.Mvc2 for ASP.NET MVC 2)

Alternatively, you can get the latest development build from the build server.

Once installed, you need to reference the RouteJs handler in your view. This serves the JavaScript and route information:

<script src="@RouteJs.RouteJsHandler.HandlerUrl"></script>

For ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET Core MVC

Install-Package RouteJs.AspNet

Once installed, you need to add RouteJs to your Startup.cs file, and also ensure IActionContextAccessor is registered:

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure;
using RouteJs;
...
services.AddSingleton<IActionContextAccessor, ActionContextAccessor>();
services.AddRouteJs();

The RouteJs handler also needs to be referenced in your view (generally _Layout.cshtml is a good place for this). This serves the JavaScript and route information:

@inject RouteJs.IRouteJsHelper RouteJs
@RouteJs.Render()

Usage

The main function is Router.action. This accepts three parameters:

• Name of the controller
• Name of the action
• Any additional parameters

Examples:

// Using the default route
var url = Router.action('Controller', 'Action'); // eg. /Controller/Action

// Handling optional parameters
var url = Router.action('Foo', 'Bar', { id: 123 }); // eg. /Foo/Bar/123

// Appending querystring parameters
var url = Router.action('Foo', 'Bar', { hello: 'world' }); // eg. /Foo/Bar?hello=world

The routes that are exposed are controlled by the web.config "exposeAllRoutes" setting for ASP.NET MVC 5 and below:

<routeJs exposeAllRoutes="true" />

And via Startup.cs for ASP.NET MVC 6:

services.AddRouteJs(config => {
	config.ExposeAllRoutes = true;
});

If set to "true", all of your ASP.NET MVC routes will be exposed to JavaScript, unless you explicitly hide them via the HideRoutesInJavaScript attribute on a controller. If set to "false", all routes will be hidden unless you explicitly use the ExposeRoutesInJavaScript attribute on the controller. These two attributes currently affect all routes for the controller.

Changelog

2.2 - 1st July 2017

• #53 - Upgrade to ASP.NET Core 1.1 RTM
• Update AddRouteJs method to make configure argument optional

2.1 - 28th May 2016

• Updated to ASP.NET Core RC2
• #49 - Use / as default base URL when empty
• #51 - Ensure base path ends with /

2.0.3 - 20th November 2015

• Updated ASP.NET 5 support to RC 1.

2.0.2 - 25th October 2015

• Updated ASP.NET 5 support to beta 8.
• #43 - Add LowerCaseUrls option to convert generated URLs to lowercase. Thanks to Mohammad Rahhal.
• #37 - Handle empty URLs (ie. home page).

2.0.1 - 13th September 2015

• Updated ASP.NET 5 support to beta 7
• #41 - Correctly handle when routes in areas have "area" default param

2.0 - 23th August 2015

• Added support for ASP.NET 5 and MVC 6

1.1.9 - 24th January 2015

• #38 - Fix handling of constraints with case-insensitive URL parameters.

1.1.8 - 26th October 2014

• #34 - Ignore case of controller, action, area, and keys of parameters.

1.1.7 - 6th July 2014

• #32 - Only include string (regular expression) constraints, ignore custom constraints as they can't be evaluated client-side.

1.1.6 - 27th April 2014

• #31 - Defaults and optional parameters are sometimes serialised as null

1.1.5 - 17th November 2013

• #27 - NullReferenceException for routes without DataTokens.
• Added package for ASP.NET MVC 5

1.1.4 - 10th September 2013

• #22 and #24 - Handle error when loading types from referenced assemblies.

1.1.3 - 7th August 2013

• #21 - NullReferenceException thrown on ignored routes.

1.1.2 - 6th August 2013

• #18 - Only expose a route's default area if at least one controller in that route is exposed
• Small JavaScript cleanup (split huge route method into several smaller methods)

1.1.1 - 26th July 2013

• #14 - Cache JavaScript for one year
• #17 - Ensure area route isn't used if area is not specified in Router.action call

1.1.0 - 10th June 2013

• Added support for ASP.NET MVC 2 and 3
• Bug fixes around T4MVC routes
• Changed cachebusting hash from querystring parameter to URL path parameter

1.0.1 - 4th June 2013

• Fixed issue with routes in areas not working correctly

1.0 - 23rd May 2013

• Initial release

Licence

(The MIT licence)

Copyright (C) 2013 Daniel Lo Nigro (Daniel15)

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