How to set web URL parameters while debugging asp.net locally?

Question

I'm locally debugging a page that runs on our server. The page normally has ?Parameters.

How do I set those when debugging locally?

Answer 1

All you need to do is append the values to your querystring and then set breakpoints in the code-behind or controller. For example, if have a page at this url:

• webforms: http://localhost/home.aspx?Parameters=1,2,3
• mvc: http://localhost/home?Parameters=1,2,3

You can access the querystring parameters like this:

  var foo = Request.Querystring["Parameters"]

Here's a link with a little more instruction.

Answer 2

If your starting page is to contain querystring parameters, you can specify the page with a querystring value in the Start Options for the project.

Start Options - Visual Studio 2022

the URL to use as localhost is visible in the project properties project properties