How do I Redirect to another Action/Controller in MVC3 from a VOID method?
I have a controller method that returns a void because it is b开发者_高级运维uilding an Excel report for the user to download. The Excel 3rd party library we're using is writing to the response itself. The method looks something like this:
[HttpGet]
public void GetExcel(int id)
{
try
{
var report = _reportService.GetReport(id);
var table = _reportService.GetReportTable(id);
var excelReport = new ExcelReport(table, report.Name);
excelReport.DownloadReport(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// This is wrong, of course, because I'm not returning an ActionResult
Response.RedirectToRoute("/Report/Error/", new { exceptionType = ex.GetType().Name });
}
}
There are several security checks in place that throw exceptions if the user doesn't meet certain credentials for fetching the report. I want to redirect to a different page and pass along some information about the exception, but I can't figure out how to do this in MVC3....
Any ideas?
You could use the following code
Response.Redirect(Url.Action("Error", "Report", new { exceptionType = ex.GetType().Name }));
But have you taken a look at the FilePathResult or FileStreamResult ?
Instead of letting the 3rd part library write to the response directly get the content use regular ActionResult
and return File(...)
for the actual file or RedirectToAction(...)
(or RedirectToRoute(...)
) on error. If your 3rd party library can only write to Response you may need to use some tricks to capture it's output.
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult GetExcel(int id)
{
try
{
var report = _reportService.GetReport(id);
var table = _reportService.GetReportTable(id);
var excelReport = new ExcelReport(table, report.Name);
var content = excelReport.MakeReport(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response);
return File(content, "application/xls", "something.xls");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
RedirectToRoute("/Report/Error/", new { exceptionType = ex.GetType().Name });
}
}
You can return an EmptyActionResult:
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult GetExcel(int id)
{
try
{
var report = _reportService.GetReport(id);
var table = _reportService.GetReportTable(id);
var excelReport = new ExcelReport(table, report.Name);
excelReport.DownloadReport(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response);
return new EmptyResult();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return RedirectToAction("Error", "Report", rnew { exceptionType = ex.GetType().Name });
}
}
Not sure if it works, haven't tested it.
Another approach would be using an exception filter:
public class MyExceptionFilter : FilterAttribute, IExceptionFilter
{
public void OnException(ExceptionContext filterContext)
{
var routeValues = new RouteValueDictionary()
{
{ "controller", "Error" },
{ "action", "Report" }
};
filterContext.Result = new RedirectToRouteResult(routeValues);
filterContext.ExceptionHandled = true;
// Or I can skip the redirection and render a whole new view
//filterContext.Result = new ViewResult()
//{
// ViewName = "Error"
// //..
//};
}
}
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