ASP.Net MVC: Calling a method from a view

Question

In my MVC app the controller gets the data (model) from an external API (so there is no model class being used) and passes that to the view. The data (model) has a container

Answer 1

You should not call a controller from the view.

Add a property to your view model, set it in the controller, and use it in the view.

Here is an example:

MyViewModel.cs:

public class MyViewModel
{   ...
    public bool ShowAdmin { get; set; }
}

MyController.cs:

public ViewResult GetAdminMenu()
    {
        MyViewModelmodel = new MyViewModel();            

        model.ShowAdmin = userHasPermission("Admin"); 

        return View(model);
    }

MyView.cshtml:

@model MyProj.ViewModels.MyViewModel


@if (@Model.ShowAdmin)
{
   
}

..\Views\Shared\ _Layout.cshtml:

    @using MyProj.ViewModels.Common;
....
    
    
        @Html.Action("GetAdminMenu", "Layout")