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Bear 40 posts 129 karma points

Sep 19, 2013 @ 21:34
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Managing MVC Urls
I want to break out of the Umbraco /folder/node scenario. It's too restrictive. MVC & IUrlSegmentProvider the provides the perfect way for me to take back some control of Urls, but I need to understand how I can leverage this in Umbraco.

The problem, here is my folder structure. This is perfect for my content editors.
```
- The World
  - Country
    - Region
```
Umbraco would treat these urls as
```
http://www.my-site.com/The-World/
http://www.my-site.com/The-World/Country/
http://www.my-site.com/The-World/Country/Region/
```
I know I can take control of these in various ways, particularly using the IUrlSegmentProvider. Can start introducing node id's into the url;

I could do something like <node id>-<node name>;

http://www.my-site.com/The-World/1234-Country/

And look for the node id for fast a faster lookup.

This works great, but ideally I want to manipulate the Url but avoid a url like

http://www.my-site.com/The-World/1234-Country/5678-Region

How would I create a cleaner url that my users can guess and that can be assigned to the .Url parameter in Umbraco?

http://www.my-site.com/Country/Region

Whilst still retaining the "The-World" folder where my content editors know to look.
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Stephen 767 posts 2273 karma points c-trib

Sep 19, 2013 @ 21:47

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So you want to remove "The-World" from your urls, right?

Outbound: you want a IUrlProvider (not a IUrlSegmentProvider) that modifies the whole Url by removing its first segment.

Inbound: because you modify the whole url and not only a segment, you need a content finder to map that url to a node... you probably could inherit from the default "finder by url" and check for ("The-World" + request)...Just add it after the default "finder by url". That should do it.

See what I mean, or do you need more details?

I'll be offline soon, and 'till monday, so don't be surprised if I stop responding, though.

Stephan

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Bear 40 posts 129 karma points

Sep 19, 2013 @ 21:54

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Ah, another thing to look into... the IUrlProvider. I'll check the source.

Any quick examples would be appreciated. I can think of a few more example that break this scenario. :-)

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Bear 40 posts 129 karma points

Sep 24, 2013 @ 11:38

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I did have a play with this and looked at the source. I could modify the the Url and remove the "The World" from the Url by inheriting from the default "finder by url", but I got a bit lost with the source (it does all sorts of stuff with Urls, Domains, Absolute and Relative Paths).

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Stephen 767 posts 2273 karma points c-trib

Sep 24, 2013 @ 11:47

The following finder should add your prefix back:

public class CustomFinder : ContentFinderByNiceUrl
{
  public override bool TryFindContent(PublishedContentRequest request)
  {
    // copy ContentFinderByNiceUrl but add your prefix back where it's missing
    const string PREFIX = "/The-World";

    string route;
    if (docRequest.HasDomain)
      route = docRequest.Domain.RootNodeId.ToString() + PREFIX + DomainHelper.PathRelativeToDomain(docRequest.DomainUri, 
        docRequest.Uri.GetAbsolutePathDecoded());
      else
        route = PREFIX  + docRequest.Uri.GetAbsolutePathDecoded();

    var node = FindContent(request, route);
    return node != null;
  }
}

Then you need to register the finder. Know how to do it?

Have you been able to work out the url provider?

Stephan

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Bear 40 posts 129 karma points

Sep 24, 2013 @ 12:20

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Thank you for this. I can register the finder... but do I add it after the default one or before?

I did try to figure out how to remove it, but it was a bit "brute force" (just used .Replace("/The-World","") on the route. Could you show me how you'd do it? (Keen to learn the right way!)

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Stephen 767 posts 2273 karma points c-trib

Sep 24, 2013 @ 12:48
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You add it in place of the default one... so I'd insert it before ContentFinderByNiceUrl, then remove ContentFinderByNiceUrl.

As for building the url... there could be a nicer way than .Replace() but I'm not sure it'll work because of some stuff that are private/internal. So probably the best is:
```
public class MyUrlProvider : DefaultUrlProvider
{
  public override string GetUrl(UmbracoContext umbracoContext, int id, Uri current, UrlProviderMode mode)
  {
    return base.GetUrl(umbracoContext, id, current, mode).Replace("/The-World", "");
  }
}
```
And register it in place of the default url provider.

Stephan
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Bear 40 posts 129 karma points

Sep 25, 2013 @ 17:58

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Thank you so much for these examples. So much good stuff to play with in 6! :)

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Stephen 767 posts 2273 karma points c-trib

Sep 25, 2013 @ 18:06

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No prob. And don't hesitate to explain what you're about to do and ask for opinion: because many things have changed, it's always better to ask before spending hours re-inventing something that's just poorly documented (yes, I suck at writing docs).

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John French 32 posts 83 karma points

Jul 23, 2014 @ 03:28

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Hello guys,

I need to do something similar and just looking at this post - some useful stuff - @Stephen - how do I register my own urlprovider in place of the default one?

Thanks

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Stephen 767 posts 2273 karma points c-trib

Jul 23, 2014 @ 07:41

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@James: you need to create an ApplicationEventHandler class and override the starting method, and in there...

UrlProviderResolver.Current.Add<YourProvider>()

You can also insert, insert before, etc.

Making sense?

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John French 32 posts 83 karma points

Jul 23, 2014 @ 08:03

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ah yeah of course! thanks!

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