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How to get the TLD with MapRoute?


I have many host names on IIS that point to the same ASP.NET MVC app.

www.domain.com
www.domain.co.uk
www.domain.net
...

How can I get the top level domain (es. ".com") when I set a map route like the following?

Shared Sub RegisterRoutes(ByVal routes As RouteCollection)
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}")

    ' MapRoute takes the following parameters, in order:
    ' (1) Route name
    ' (2) URL with parameters
    ' (3) Parameter defaults
    routes.MapRoute( _
        "Default", _
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}", _
        New With {.controller = "Home", .action = "Index", .id = UrlParameter.Optional} _
    )

End Sub

Solution

  • You need to create a custom route. Just inherit Route, override GetRouteData and include routing information which is for the TLD.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.routing.route.getroutedata.aspx

    Example

    The route:

    public class RouteWithTld : Route
    {
        public RouteWithTld(string url, IRouteHandler routeHandler) : base(url, routeHandler)
        {
        }
    
        public RouteWithTld(string url, RouteValueDictionary defaults, IRouteHandler routeHandler) : base(url, defaults, routeHandler)
        {
        }
    
        public RouteWithTld(string url, RouteValueDictionary defaults, RouteValueDictionary constraints, IRouteHandler routeHandler) : base(url, defaults, constraints, routeHandler)
        {
        }
    
        public RouteWithTld(string url, RouteValueDictionary defaults, RouteValueDictionary constraints, RouteValueDictionary dataTokens, IRouteHandler routeHandler) : base(url, defaults, constraints, dataTokens, routeHandler)
        {
        }
    
        public override RouteData GetRouteData(HttpContextBase httpContext)
        {
            var baseData = base.GetRouteData(httpContext);
    
            int pos = httpContext.Request.Url.Host.LastIndexOf('.');
            string tld;
            if (pos == -1)
            {
                if (httpContext.Request.Url.Host == "localhost")
                    tld = "com";
                else
                {
                    throw new InvalidOperationException("You need to handle this case.");
                }
            }
            else
                tld = httpContext.Request.Url.Host.Substring(pos + 1);
    
            baseData.Values.Add("tld", tld);
    
            return baseData;
        }
    }
    

    Mapping it in global.asax:

    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
    
        /*routes.MapRoute(
            "Default", // Route name
            "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
            new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
        );
         * */
    
        var defaults =
            new RouteValueDictionary(new {controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional});
        routes.Add(new RouteWithTld("{controller}/{action}/{id}", defaults, new MvcRouteHandler()));
    
    }
    

    And accessing the parameter in the controller:

    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            ViewBag.Message = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC. TLD: " + RouteData.Values["tld"];
    
            return View();
        }
    
        public ActionResult About()
        {
            return View();
        }
    }