How to get filter to redirect to another action?

Question

RedirectToAction is protected, and we can use it only inside actions. But if I want to redirect in a filter?

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Answer 1

Usage: filterContext.RedirectToAction("Login", "Account");

Here's a helper class I wrote with some extension methods written to provide RedirectToAction functionality in more places. This is far too late for the OP but hopefully it helps someone!

public static class RedirectHelper
{
    // RedirectToAction Extension Methods
    public static void RedirectToAction(this HttpResponseBase response, String action, String controller, object routeValues = null, bool endResponse = false)
    {
        response.RedirectToRoute(CreateRoute(action, controller, routeValues));
        if (endResponse) response.End();
    }
    public static void RedirectToAction(this HttpResponse response, String action, String controller, object routeValues = null, bool endResponse = false)
    {
        response.RedirectToRoute(CreateRoute(action, controller, routeValues));
        if (endResponse) response.End();
    }
    public static void RedirectToAction(this ActionExecutingContext filterContext, String action, String controller, object routeValues = null, bool endResponse = false)
    {
        if (endResponse) filterContext.HttpContext.Response.RedirectToAction(action, controller, routeValues, true);
        else filterContext.Result = new RedirectToRouteResult(CreateRoute(action, controller, routeValues));
    }
    public static void RedirectToAction(this ExceptionContext filterContext, String action, String controller, object routeValues = null, bool endResponse = false)
    {
        if (endResponse) filterContext.HttpContext.Response.RedirectToAction(action, controller, routeValues, true);
        else {
            filterContext.ExceptionHandled = true;
            filterContext.Result = new RedirectToRouteResult(CreateRoute(action, controller, routeValues));
        }
    }
    // Route Value Derivation
    public static RouteValueDictionary CreateRoute(String action, String controller, object routeValues = null)
    {
        RouteValueDictionary result = routeValues != null ? 
            HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(routeValues) : 
            new RouteValueDictionary();
        result["controller"] = controller;
        result["action"] = action;
        return result;
    }
}

There are more ControllerContexts that are not included but it should be fairly easy to add your own based on your needs.