dash separated params in routing angular 5

Question

I want to separate my params in URL by dash like below:

localhost/add/5-ninja

in here the id is 5 and the name is ninja. When i changed the config to this: path: '/:id-:name' It doesn't work properly. How can I create dash separated params in URL

Answer 1

I think it's not possible the way you like but here's my suggestion to achieve that result:

• in your routes config you declare the path: for ex. /:dashed

• in your component:

  import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
  
  class MyComponent {
  constructor(private _route: ActivatedRoute) {
      const [id, name] = _route.snapshot.params.dashed.split('-');
      // you've got two variables 'id' and 'name' thanks to the array destructing
    }
  }
  

Answer 2

You could use a custom UrlSerializer to parse the URL as you see fit.

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