A problem with using string replace is that if your absolute path is "/"
(site root /Home/Index), the URI gets mangled,
i.e. http:www.example.com/SomeController/SomeAction
I'd be tempted to create an extension method on UrlHelper to hide some
of the ugliness:
public static class UrlHelperExtensions
{
public static string AbsoluteAction(this UrlHelper helper,
string actionName, string controllerName)
{
string absUri =
helper.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request.Url.AbsoluteUri;
string urlPath =
helper.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request.Url.PathAndQuery;
return absUri.Substring(0, absUri.Length - urlPath.Length)
+ helper.Action(actionName, controllerName);
}
}
then in your controller:
string returnURI = Url.AbsoluteAction("SomeAction","SomeController");
On 12/04/2013 18:51, Greg Low (GregLow.com) wrote:
Hi Nathan/Dave,
This seems to work but seems ugly:
stringreturnURI =
HttpContext.Request.Url.AbsoluteUri.Replace(HttpContext.Request.Url.AbsolutePath,"")
+ Url.Action("SomeAction", "SomeController");
I need to generate it based on where the site is deployed but it needs
to be a full URL as it’s passed to a callback function on another site.
Regards,
Greg
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*From:*[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Dave Walker
*Sent:* Friday, 12 April 2013 5:43 PM
*To:* ozDotNet
*Subject:* Re: MVC4 URLs
We use a helper extension method to wrap as have configurable cdn esp.
for images and other static resources. Was the only way we found we
could do it. Extra complexity for us is we wrap a SquishIt bundle up
as well to turn on/off minification and combination of files.
On 12 Apr 2013, at 08:32, Nathan Schultz <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Instead of using Url.Action, couldn't you just write your own <a
href>?
On 12 April 2013 11:17, Greg Low (GregLow.com
<http://GregLow.com>) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
Hi Folks,
In MVC4, in the code for a controller, what’s the best way to
calculate the fully qualified URL for a particular action?
Eg: If I use
Url.Action(“SomeAction”,”SomeController”)
The intellisense for Action says “gets a fully qualified URL”.
However what I get back is:
/SomeController/SomeAction
What I want is:
http://www.whateversiteIhit.com/SomeController/SomeAction
<http://www.somesite.com/SomeController/SomeAction>
As I need to pass it to an external callback.
What’s the best way to do that?
Regards,
Greg
Dr Greg Low
CEO and Principal Mentor
*SQL Down Under*
SQL Server MVP and Microsoft Regional Director
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