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The [ValidateAntiForgeryToken] attribute before the action tells |
ASP.NET Core that it should look for (and verify) the hidden verification |
token that was added to the form by the asp-action tag helper. This is |
an important security measure to prevent cross-site request forgery |
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(CSRF) attacks, where your users could be tricked into submitting data |
from a malicious site. The verification token ensures that your application |
is actually the one that rendered and submitted the form. |
Take a look at the AddItemPartial.cshtml view once more. The @model |
TodoItem line at the top of the file tells ASP.NET Core that the view |
should expect to be paired with the TodoItem model. This makes it |
possible to use asp-for="Title" on the <input> tag to let ASP.NET |
Core know that this input element is for the Title property. |
Because of the @model line, the partial view will expect to be passed a |
TodoItem object when it's rendered. Passing it a new TodoItem via |
Html.PartialAsync initializes the form with an empty item. (Try |
appending { Title = "hello" } and see what happens!) |
During model binding, any model properties that can't be matched up |
with fields in the request are ignored. Since the form only includes a |
Title input element, you can expect that the other properties on |
TodoItem (the IsDone flag, the DueAt date) will be empty or contain |
default values. |
Instead of reusing the TodoItem model, another approach would |
be to create a separate model (like NewTodoItem ) that's only used |
for this action and only has the specific properties (Title) you need |
for adding a new to-do item. Model binding is still used, but this |
way you've separated the model that's used for storing a to-do |
item in the database from the model that's used for binding |
incoming request data. This is sometimes called a binding model or |
a data transfer object (DTO). This pattern is common in larger, |
more complex projects. |
After binding the request data to the model, ASP.NET Core also |
performs model validation. Validation checks whether the data bound to |
the model from the incoming request makes sense or is valid. You can |
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add attributes to the model to tell ASP.NET Core how it should be |
validated. |
The [Required] attribute on the Title property tells ASP.NET Core's |
model validator to consider the title invalid if it is missing or blank. Take a |
look at the code of the AddItem action: the first block checks whether |
the ModelState (the model validation result) is valid. It's customary to do |
this validation check right at the beginning of the action: |
if (!ModelState.IsValid) |
{ |
return RedirectToAction("Index"); |
} |
If the ModelState is invalid for any reason, the browser will be |
redirected to the /Todo/Index route, which refreshes the page. |
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