Update how `FormTagHelper` handles `get` method attributes.

- Added functional test to verify `asp-*` attributes on form taghelpers work as expected.
- Added a unit test to validate `FormTagHelper` behaves as expected.
- Moved `Method == "get"` checks into appropriate code paths. These include the one where a user specifies an empty or non-existent `action` attribute and where a user doesn't utilize any `asp-*` attributes. In the later, we default `Method` to `"get"` if it's not provided.

#6006

src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers/FormTagHelper.cs

@@ -157,10 +157,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
             {
                 output.CopyHtmlAttribute(nameof(Method), context);
             }
-            else
-            {
-                Method = "get";
-            }
 
             var antiforgeryDefault = true;
 
@@ -205,9 +201,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(attributeValue))
                 {
                     // User is using the FormTagHelper like a normal <form> tag that has an empty or complex IHtmlContent action attribute.
-                    // e.g. <form action="" method="post"> or <form action="@CustomUrlIHtmlContent" method="post">
+                    // e.g. <form action="" method="..."> or <form action="@CustomUrlIHtmlContent" method="...">
 
-                    // Antiforgery default is already set to true
+                    if (string.Equals(Method ?? "get", "get", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        antiforgeryDefault = false;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // Antiforgery default is already set to true
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -251,17 +254,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
                 }
 
                 TagBuilder tagBuilder = null;
-                if (Action == null && 
-                    Controller == null && 
-                    Route == null && 
-                    _routeValues == null && 
-                    Fragment == null && 
-                    Area == null && 
+                if (Action == null &&
+                    Controller == null &&
+                    Route == null &&
+                    _routeValues == null &&
+                    Fragment == null &&
+                    Area == null &&
                     Page == null &&
                     // Antiforgery will sometime be set globally via TagHelper Initializers, verify it was provided in the cshtml. 
                     !context.AllAttributes.ContainsName(AntiforgeryAttributeName))
                 {
-                    // Empty form tag such as <form></form>. Let it flow to the output as-is and only handle anti-forgery.
+                    // A <form> tag that doesn't utilize asp-* attributes. Let it flow to the output.
+                    Method = Method ?? "get";
                 }
                 else if (pageLink)
                 {
@@ -304,11 +308,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
                         output.PostContent.AppendHtml(tagBuilder.InnerHtml);
                     }
                 }
-            }
 
-            if (string.Equals(Method, "get", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                antiforgeryDefault = false;
+                if (string.Equals(Method, "get", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    antiforgeryDefault = false;
+                }
             }
 
             if (Antiforgery ?? antiforgeryDefault)

test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/compiler/resources/RazorPagesWebSite.SimpleForms.html

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 <form method="post"><input name="__RequestVerificationToken" type="hidden" value="{0}" /></form>
 <form action="" method="post"><input name="__RequestVerificationToken" type="hidden" value="{0}" /></form>
 <form action="/Foo/Bar/Baz.html" method="get"></form>
-<form action="/Foo/Bar/Baz.html" method="post"></form>
+<form action="/Foo/Bar/Baz.html" method="post"></form>
+<form action="/RedirectToPage" method="post"><input name="__RequestVerificationToken" type="hidden" value="{0}" /></form>

test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/FormTagHelperTest.cs

@@ -25,6 +25,63 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
 {
     public class FormTagHelperTest
     {
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ProcessAsync_ActionAndControllerGenerateAntiforgery()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var expectedTagName = "form";
+            var metadataProvider = new TestModelMetadataProvider();
+            var tagHelperContext = new TagHelperContext(
+                tagName: "form",
+                allAttributes: new TagHelperAttributeList()
+                {
+                    { "asp-action", "index" },
+                    { "asp-controller", "home" }
+                },
+                items: new Dictionary<object, object>(),
+                uniqueId: "test");
+            var output = new TagHelperOutput(
+                expectedTagName,
+                attributes: new TagHelperAttributeList(),
+                getChildContentAsync: (useCachedResult, encoder) =>
+                {
+                    var tagHelperContent = new DefaultTagHelperContent();
+                    tagHelperContent.SetContent("Something");
+                    return Task.FromResult<TagHelperContent>(tagHelperContent);
+                });
+            var urlHelper = new Mock<IUrlHelper>();
+            urlHelper
+                .Setup(mock => mock.Action(It.IsAny<UrlActionContext>())).Returns("home/index");
+            var htmlGenerator = new TestableHtmlGenerator(metadataProvider, urlHelper.Object);
+            var viewContext = TestableHtmlGenerator.GetViewContext(
+                model: null,
+                htmlGenerator: htmlGenerator,
+                metadataProvider: metadataProvider);
+            var expectedPostContent = HtmlContentUtilities.HtmlContentToString(
+                htmlGenerator.GenerateAntiforgery(viewContext),
+                HtmlEncoder.Default);
+            var formTagHelper = new FormTagHelper(htmlGenerator)
+            {
+                ViewContext = viewContext,
+                Action = "index",
+                Controller = "home",
+            };
+
+            // Act
+            await formTagHelper.ProcessAsync(tagHelperContext, output);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(2, output.Attributes.Count);
+            var attribute = Assert.Single(output.Attributes, attr => attr.Name.Equals("method"));
+            Assert.Equal("post", attribute.Value);
+            attribute = Assert.Single(output.Attributes, attr => attr.Name.Equals("action"));
+            Assert.Equal("home/index", attribute.Value);
+            Assert.Empty(output.PreContent.GetContent());
+            Assert.True(output.Content.GetContent().Length == 0);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedPostContent, output.PostContent.GetContent());
+            Assert.Equal(expectedTagName, output.TagName);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task ProcessAsync_AspAntiforgeryAloneGeneratesProperFormTag()
         {

test/WebSites/RazorPagesWebSite/SimpleForms.cshtml

@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 <form method="post"></form>
 <form action="" method="post"></form>
 <form action="/Foo/Bar/Baz.html" method="get"></form>
-<form action="/Foo/Bar/Baz.html" method="post"></form>
+<form action="/Foo/Bar/Baz.html" method="post"></form>
+<form asp-controller="Redirect" asp-action="RedirectToPageAction"></form>