Calling Action method from javascript

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If I need to call some action method of a controller from within javascript code I can call it just passing the href, right? Something like that:

 $.colorbox({ href: '/Calendar/SessionPropertiesEditbox?starts='+start+' })

That's not gonna work. The problem is the exact link should include the domain name also. But you don't know what the domain name would be. It could be "http://localhost:7741" today, tomorrow could be absolutely different.

So how to emulate ActionLink behavior in javascript code?

SLaks · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-07 16:23:06Z

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You are incorrect; that will work.

It's a domain-relative path, so the browser will automatically add the current domain.

If your application is not running in the domain root, it will not work, since it will look in the domain root.
If so, you'll need to call Url.Action and pass its result to your Javascript.

In a Razor view, that would look like

<script>
    var url = "@Server.JavaScriptStringEncode(Url.Action(...))";
</script>

answered Apr 7, 2011 at 16:23

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iLemming Over a year ago

really... Oh... maybe my routing is broken.. I need to check that. Thanks

SLaks Over a year ago

See my edit. Are you in the domain root, or are you in localhost:port/YourAppName?

iLemming Over a year ago

no, no, no.. I can't include Razor syntax. I'm calling it from .js file. Or... I actually can(?)

SLaks Over a year ago

You can put that in separate <script> tag in your view and use it to pass a parameter to the .js file.

iLemming Over a year ago

Oh.. I figured that out. that's why it wasn't working. I have two similar Action methods one receives int and another string. And It does work if I delete one of them. Why can't I have two different Action methods with same name?

Vincenzo · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-31 11:47:31Z

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Try to use JsAction http://jsaction.codeplex.com

answered Mar 31, 2012 at 11:47

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