Umbraco 8 Custom Routing Easy Example

Image of Stephen Garside Stephen Garside | Sat 30 Nov 19 > 2 min read

Umbraco 8 handles custom routing slightly differently to Umbraco 7. If you are trying to use your own custom MVC controllers in Umbraco 8 then here is how you do it:

1. Create a folder in your web project called CustomRoutes.

2. Add a c# class called RegisterCustomRouteComponent.

3. Copy and paste the following code into your class:

using System;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;
using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
namespace Umbraco8.Components
{
/// <summary>
/// Register Custom Route Composer
/// Register any custom routes here - see https://our.umbraco.com/Documentation/Reference/Routing/custom-routes and https://our.umbraco.com/forum/umbraco-8/96167-registering-custom-routes-in-umbraco-8
/// </summary>
public class RegisterCustomRouteComposer : ComponentComposer<RegisterCustomRouteComponent>
{
}
/// <summary>
/// Register Custom Route Component
/// </summary>
public class RegisterCustomRouteComponent : IComponent
{
public void Initialize()
{
// Register Custom Forms Controller
RouteTable.Routes.MapRoute("Forms", "forms", new { controller = "Forms", action = "Index" });
// Register Custom ML Controller
RouteTable.Routes.MapRoute("AzureML", "azureml-garden-design", new { controller = "AzureML", action = "Index" });
}
/// <summary>
/// Terminate
/// </summary>
public void Terminate()
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
}

4. In the Initialize method, substitute my example custom routes for your own, mapping them onto actions on your own custom MVC controllers in Umbraco 8.

Job Done!

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