getting an error with custom routes could not find a surface controller route in the routetable for controller name authorization - Using Umbraco 7

Jason Prothero 422 posts 1243 karma points MVP c-trib

Dec 17, 2015 @ 16:42

Getting an error with custom routes: Could not find a Surface controller route in the RouteTable for controller name Authorization

I'm getting an error on my 7.2.8 Umbraco instance:

"Could not find a Surface controller route in the RouteTable for controller name Authorization"

I have a custom route defined:

        routes.MapUmbracoRoute(
           "auth",
           firstUrlSegment + "/{action}",
           new
           {
               controller = "Authorization",
               action = "Index",
           },
           new PortalAuthorizationRouteHandler());

The PortalAuthorizationRouteHandler inherits from UmbracoVirtualNodeRouteHandler and implements FindContent and that's all it does:

public class PortalAuthorizationRouteHandler : UmbracoVirtualNodeRouteHandler
{
    protected override Umbraco.Core.Models.IPublishedContent FindContent(System.Web.Routing.RequestContext requestContext, Umbraco.Web.UmbracoContext umbracoContext)
    {
        var settingsnodeid = int.Parse(WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Portal:SettingsNode"]);
        var settings = umbracoContext.ContentCache.GetById(settingsnodeid);
        if (settings == null) return null;

        var actionName = "login";
        var routeValues = requestContext.RouteData.Values;
        if (routeValues != null) 
        {
            if (routeValues.ContainsKey("action"))
            {
                actionName = requestContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString();
            }
        }

        var propertyAlias = "";
        switch (actionName.ToLower())
        {
            case "index":
            case "login":
                propertyAlias = "login";
                break;
            case "forgottenpassword":
                propertyAlias = "forgotpassword";
                break;
            case "registration":
                propertyAlias = "registration";
                break;
            case "resetpassword":
                propertyAlias = "forgotpassword";
                break;
        }


        var content = settings.GetPropertyValue<IPublishedContent>(propertyAlias);
        if (content == null) return null;

        return content;
    }
}

My controller gets called properly on the initial "Get" of the page:

    [HttpGet]
    public ActionResult ForgottenPassword()
    {
        var model = BuildModel<AuthorizationForgotPasswordFormModel>();

        return View(model);
    }

But when I try to "Post" the form, I get the error:

    [HttpPost]
    [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
    public ActionResult ForgottenPassword(AuthorizationForgotPasswordFormModel model)
    {
        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {
             ... (Never gets to this action)
        }
    }

My view is using UmbracoBeginForm and is passing in a specific controller to handle the POST:

        @using (Html.BeginUmbracoForm<AuthorizationController>("ForgottenPassword", FormMethod.Post, new { @class = "slide-toggle forgot-password-slide" }))
        {
            @Html.ValidationSummary(true, "ValidationSummary")
            <div>
                <label>
                    @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.EmailAddress, new { placeholder = Umbraco.Field("#Common.Email", altText: "Email address"), @type = "text", @class = "email" })
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(x => x.EmailAddress)
                </label>
                <button type="submit" class="btn violet">@Umbraco.Field("#Common.Submit", altText: "Submit")</button>
            </div>

            @Html.Raw(TempData["CustomMessage_ForgotPassword"])

            @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
        }

I'm not sure why the error is occurring. Here's the stack trace:

[InvalidOperationException: Could not find a Surface controller route in the RouteTable for controller name Authorization]
   Umbraco.Web.Mvc.RenderRouteHandler.HandlePostedValues(RequestContext requestContext, PostedDataProxyInfo postedInfo) +622
       Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoVirtualNodeRouteHandler.GetHttpHandler(RequestContext requestContext) +618
       System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule.PostResolveRequestCache(HttpContextBase context) +12411255
       System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
       System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +165

I am using the Hybrid methodology with a RenderModel and the base SurfaceController that my AuthoizationController inherits from inherits from "SurfaceController, IRenderMvcController"

Anyone have any ideas? I do get a breakpoint to hit in my PortalAuthorizationRouteHandler FindContent() method and the controller and action are correct. I never get a breakpoint hit in my controller action method because the error hits first.

Thanks, Jason

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Getting an error with custom routes: Could not find a Surface controller route in the RouteTable for controller name Authorization