Blog posts tagged with 'action filter provider'

Many developers have asked on nopCommerce forums for ways to override nopCommerce Controller. Others have asked about how to intercept certain events or actions (such as add to cart) on server side, run some custom codes, and continue with the original process.

The answer is simple - Action Filter. But what is Action Filter? Think of it as a custom method that gets called before or after a desired Action. If you are familiar with WebForms, you can think of an Action Filter as a Http Module. 

In this article, we'll talk about the power of Action Filter, and how you can use it to add behaviour to your nopCommerce code.