c# - Is it possible to redirect to another action passing it as well our current Model as HttpPost? -

so, experimenting asp.net mvc , have following code:

public class trollcontroller : controller {     public actionresult index()     {         var trollmodel = new trollmodel()                                     {                                         name = "default troll",                                          age = "666"                                     };         return view(trollmodel);     }      [httppost]     public actionresult index(trollmodel trollmodel)     {         return view(trollmodel);     }      public actionresult createnew()     {         return view();     }      [httppost]     public actionresult createnew(trollmodel trollmodel)     {         return redirecttoaction("index");     } } 

the idea have index page shows age of our troll name.

there's action allows create troll, , after creating should index page time our data, instead of default one.

is there way pass trollmodel createnew(trollmodel trollmodel) receiving index(trollmodel trollmodel)? if yes, how?

the best approach persist troll somewhere on server (database?) , pass id index action when redirecting can fetch back. possibility use tempdata or session:

[httppost] public actionresult createnew(trollmodel trollmodel) {     tempdata["troll"] = trollmodel;     return redirecttoaction("index"); }  public actionresult index() {     var trollmodel = tempdata["troll"] trollmodel;     if (trollmodel == null)     {         trollmodel = new trollmodel         {             name = "default troll",              age = "666"         };     }     return view(trollmodel); } 

tempdata survive single redirect , automatically evicted on subsequent request whereas session persistent across http requests session.

yet possibility consists passing properties of troll object query string arguments when redirecting:

[httppost] public actionresult createnew(trollmodel trollmodel) {     return redirecttoaction("index", new       {           age = trollmodel.age,          name = trollmodel.name      }); }  public actionresult index(trollmodel trollmodel) {     if (trollmodel == null)     {         trollmodel = new trollmodel         {             name = "default troll",              age = "666"         };     }     return view(trollmodel); } 

now might need rename index post action cannot have 2 methods same name , arguments:

[httppost] [actionname("index")] public actionresult handleatroll(trollmodel trollmodel) {     return view(trollmodel); }