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I have the code below that shows my Create cshtml page and the controller connected to it.

It's working fine, however now I need to add another field to the form that is not in the GameManagement.Game model.

This field is called "CreatorUserId" and does not exist in the model I'm using.

But I do I get the value of this field, and then pass it into the controller when it's not part of the model?

Thanks!

Create.cshtml:

@model GameManagement.Game


<div>
 <div>
 <form asp-action="Create">
 <div>
 <label asp-for="Id"></label>
 <input asp-for="Id" />
 </div>
 <div>
 <label asp-for="Description"></label>
 <input asp-for="Description" />
 </div>
 <div>
 <label asp-for="DisplayName"></label>
 <input asp-for="DisplayName" />
 </div>
 <div>
 <label>Creator User ID</label>
 <input id="CreatorUserId" />
 <div>
 <input type="submit" value="Create" />
 </div>
 </form>
 </div>
</div>

Controller:

[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public async Task<IActionResult> Create([Bind("Id,Description,DisplayName")] Game newGame)


 // code to send the form information (Id, Description, DisplayName) to a 3rd party API

 apiResult = await apiClient.createNewGame(
 newGame.Id,
 newGame.Description,
 newGame.DisplayName,
 // CreatorUserId ?? not in Game model....

 return View(apiResult);

As @johnluke.laue suggested , the best solution is to create a new view model to include the needed properties .

If you insist on not creating a new viewmodel , the workaround could be add name attribute :

<input id="CreatorUserId" name="CreatorUserId" />

And get value on server side like :

public async Task<IActionResult> Create([Bind("Id,Description,DisplayName")] Game newGame, string CreatorUserId)