Web.Config to redirect

Question

Dear all I just started learning c# and it has been challenging but fun. I have wrote a .Net app to request user's url and respond to them to a different url. See the attached code. I need to use web.config to create a list of these url redirects so I dont have to mess with the Redirect.aspx.cs file.

Keson Kefon · Answer

Thanks I thought about using Global.asax but I think I need to stay with Web.Config and read the variable from my redirect.aspx file. I need to somehow create a variable of the two URLs in redirect.aspx and define them in my Web.Config file. I also need the ability to easily add more redirects in the Web.Config when I need it. I hope I'm making sense........

Jean Paul · Answer

You can use the Global.asax (Add New Item > Global Application Class) for centrally managing all the request. After adding the Global.asax to the project open the file and inside the code window select Application from left dropdownlist then select BeginRequest from the right dropdown. The code will look like: protected void Application_BeginRequest(object sender EventArgs e) { // Sample Code if (HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.Contains(Default.aspx)) HttpContext.Current.Response.Redirect(newpage.aspx) } In the above method you can handle all the requests and redirect them based on your config file entries.

Jean Paul · Answer

Dude.. Welcome to the C# World.. It is really Cool! You can use the appsettings section of web.config file. Add a new Application configuration file and place code under the section (Please see config file attached) You can read the setting from your page as following: string url1 = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[url1]; string url2 = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[url2];