I am curious to understand how I can pass my CustomViewModel to the view without invoking this ModelBindingException: Cannot bind source type Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentModel to model type legimusWeb.ViewModels.LoginViewModel.

Whenever I use SurfaceController on my controller my view excepts Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentModel for this I can somewhat understand, I am guessing surfaceController wants me to send one of my built models to the view.

I could fix this by changing my View:

From

 @inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage<legimusWeb.ViewModels.LoginViewModel>

To

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoViewPage<Login>

But what happens now if I am using an API request to get xml or json information that I need to deseralize to an custom object and use this to create a condition on my view. It won't work.

Example:

Model = MyCustomModel.cs UserInformationModel = a object property in MyCustomModel.cs userRole = a string property in my UserInformationModel.cs

 @Model.UserInformationModel.userRole

If I am using SurfaceController this is not possible due to @Model won't be referring to MyCusomtViewModel.cs but instead to the generated Login model.

I could fix this by inherit the RenderMvcController in my controller class but that would mess up my routing to the different pages i want to navigate for the different userRole that exists in my API request.

from

  @AuthenticateController : SurfaceController

to

 @AuthenticateController : Umbraco.Web.Mvc.RenderMvcController

Thanks for reading and hope someone could help me figure out how I can pass my CustomViewModel.cs with surfaceController.