I want to remove the controller name from my URL (for one specific controller). For example:
http://mydomain.com/MyController/MyAction
I would want this URL to be changed to:
http://mydomain.com/MyAction
How would I go about doing this in MVC? I am using MVC2 if that helps me in anyway.
To update this for 2016/17/18 - the best way to do this is to use Attribute Routing.
The problem with doing this in RouteConfig.cs is that the old route will also still work - so you'll have both
http://example.com/MyController/MyAction
AND
Having multiple routes to the same page is bad for SEO - can cause path issues, and create zombie pages and errors throughout your app.
With attribute routing you avoid these problems and it's far easier to see what routes where. All you have to do is add this to RouteConfig.cs (probably at the top before other routes may match):
routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes();
Then add the Route Attribute to each action with the route name, eg
[Route("MyAction")]
public ActionResult MyAction()
{
...
}
If you want it to apply to all urls/actions in the controller (https://example.com/action), you could just set the controller Route to empty above ApiController. If this controller going to be your starting controller, you'll also want to remove every launchUrl line in launchSettings.json.
[Route("")]
[ApiController]