asp.net mvc 3 - How to pass Request.QueryString to Url.Action?

Question

I'm building an url using the method:

Url.Action("action", "controller");

I like to pass the querystring for the current request into that url as well. Something like the following (but it doesn't work):

Url.Action("action", "controller", Request.QueryString);

Converting the QueryString to routevalues is possible with the following extension:

    public static RouteValueDictionary ToRouteValues(this NameValueCollection queryString)
    {
        if (queryString.IsNull() || queryString.HasKeys() == false) return new RouteValueDictionary();

        var routeValues = new RouteValueDictionary();
        foreach (string key in queryString.AllKeys)
            routeValues.Add(key, queryString[key]);

        return routeValues;
    }

With the extension method the following does work:

Url.Action("action", "controller", Request.QueryString.ToRouteValues());

Is there an other better way ? Thx

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5818065/how-to-pass-request-querystring-to-url-action

Answer 1

If you want to easily be able to add additional route value parameters to your Url.Action, try this extension method (based on Linefeed's) which takes an anonymous object and returns a RouteValueCollection:

public static RouteValueDictionary ToRouteValues(this NameValueCollection col, Object obj)
{
    var values = new RouteValueDictionary(obj);
    if (col != null)
    {
        foreach (string key in col)
        {
            //values passed in object override those already in collection
            if (key != null && !values.ContainsKey(key)) values[key] = col[key];
        }
    }
    return values;
}

Then you can use it like so:

Url.Action("action", "controller", Request.QueryString.ToRouteValues(new{ id=0 }));