Routing & Controllers

All about Umbraco's routing pipeline & the types of Controllers used in Umbraco

Learn about Umbraco’s routing pipeline and the different types of controllers used in Umbraco, how they work, and what they’re used for.

Custom Controllers (hijacking routes)

Create custom controllers to override Umbraco’s default rendering behavior, a technique known as “hijacking routes.”

Custom Routes

Define your own MVC routes in your Umbraco application.

Custom Middleware

Learn how to add custom middleware to Umbraco’s ASP.NET Core pipeline.

URL Rewrites in Umbraco

Explains how to configure IIS rewrite rules for your Umbraco site.

Special Property Type aliases for routing

Describes the reserved property type aliases that influence Umbraco’s routing behavior, such as URL aliases and redirects.

URL Redirect Management

Understand how Umbraco automatically creates redirects when content is moved or renamed.

Routing in Umbraco

Explains how Umbraco builds and resolves URLs, maps them back to content items, and determines how requests are rendered.

Surface Controllers

Learn what Surface Controllers are and how to use them to handle form submissions or render partial views.

Umbraco API Controllers

Describes how to create and use Umbraco API Controllers to expose custom Web API endpoints from your Umbraco application.