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C# ASP.NET MVC Forms Creating a Basic Form Adding a POST Action Method

Posted by Amy Shah
Amy Shah
25,337 Points

I made an attempt here but I think I have to do something different

Did I do the right thing by adding another method

IssuesController.cs 
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace IssueReporter.Controllers
{
    public class IssuesController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Report()
        {
            return View();
        }

        public ActionResult Add(string name, string email, string departmentid,  string severity, string reproducible, string descriptionOfProblem)
        {
            return View();
        }
    }
}
Report.cshtml 
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Report an Issue";
}

<h2>@ViewBag.Title</h2>

<form method="post">

    <div>
        <label for="Name">Name</label>
        <input type="text" id="Name" name="Name" />
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="Email">Email</label>
        <input type="text" id="Email" name="Email" />
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="DepartmentId">Department</label>
        <input type="text" id="DepartmentId" name="DepartmentId" />
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="Severity">Severity</label>
        <input type="text" id="Severity" name="Severity" />
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="Reproducible">Reproducible</label>
        <input type="text" id="Reproducible" name="Reproducible" />
    </div>

    <div>
        <label for="DescriptionOfProblem">Description of Problem</label>
        <textarea id="DescriptionOfProblem" name="DescriptionOfProblem"></textarea>
    </div>

    <button type="submit">Save</button>

</form>

1 Answer

James Churchill
STAFF
James Churchill
Treehouse Teacher
James Churchill
James Churchill
Treehouse Teacher

Amy,

Let's use the code challenge's instructions as a check list.

1) Decorate the action method with an attribute so that MVC will only route POST requests to it.
2) Add a total of six parameters that match the form field names in the Report.cshtml view file in order to capture posted values from the form. Remember to change the first letter of each form field to lowercase (i.e. "Name" to "name").
3) Use the string data type for each parameter.
4) For now, in the action method, just return a call to the View method.

So, it looks like you've completed items #3 and #4. Item #2 looks close to being done, but you should double check your parameter names (remember, C# is case sensitive). And it looks like you still need to complete item #1.

Thanks ~James