Hi David,

Create a POST using a RenderMVCController seems a little bit weird to me. To submit data in Umbraco you should use surface controllers, more info here: https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Reference/Templating/Mvc/surface-controllers

But, for what I see on your code, you're creating a search form and for that I wouldn't create a POST, but a GET so the search can be reused, bookmarked, etc. To do this I'd create a controller inheriting from RenderMVCController and I'll get the parameters from the query string, then I'd do the search and return the view with the results. To get more info about RenderMVCControllers go to: https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/Reference/Mvc/custom-controllers

If you need more help it'd be great if you post your form code and explain a little bit what you want to do.

Cheers!

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I've looked at using surface controllers, but they appear to need an Umbraco page as the return view if I'm not mistaken?  At the moment, the form code is created in a partial view (and it's really just a few drop downs, nothing special) and it's included in a number of pages.  I want the results to be displayed on a different page than the one the partial view is rendered on which is why I went the RenderMvcController option.

If I use a surface controller, is the correct implementation to create a "Search Results" document type and have the surface controller redirect to that?

Thanks for the advice on the form method, I've always simply used POST for forms but changing to a GET is a great idea.

Cheers

Hi David,

Yes, the result of a surface controller must be an Umbraco page.

I made a demo using a RenderMvcController as you require, this is the code:

// The form (which is in a partial view)
<form action="/search-results" method="POST">
    <input type="text" id="query" />
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

// Request Model
public class SearchParameters
{
    public string Query { get; set; }
}

// Results Model
public class SearchResults : RenderModel
{
    public SearchResults() : base(UmbracoContext.Current.PublishedContentRequest.PublishedContent) { }
    public string TestString { get { return "Foo"; } }
}

// Controller
public class SearchResultsController : RenderMvcController
{

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Index(SearchParameters searchModel)
    {
        var model = new SearchResults();
        return View("SearchResults", model);
    }

}

// View
@inherits UmbracoViewPage<UmbracoPlayground.Models.SearchResults>

@{
    Layout = null;
}

@Model.TestString
@Model.Content.GetPropertyValue("label") <!-- Just to make sure I can read properties from Umbraco -->

That's all! in Umbraco I've got a document type called SearchResults and a content page of that type to make the routing works.

Hope this helps.

Cheers!

Ah perfect, thank you so much for your help.  Once I realised I needed to create the document type & content page it all slotted into place!  Coming from an Orchard background where you could create your own controllers, models, views and make your own route it took that little bit of information to put it all into place.

Dear Cristhian Amaya,

i see your solution using custom controller

but i stuck where to pur form part and where to place view

plz guide

Thanks sir

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