Using Url.Content in a ASP.net MVC controller

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I'm using Url.Content("~/something.jpg") to get an absolute path in a view without problem.

I would like to use it in a controller but it doesn't work. It returns "/something.jpg" instead of "http://www.mydomain.com/something.jpg".

I tried several tricks found on google and stackoverflow without success.

Why Url.Content() doesn't work in a controller ?

Any idea will be helpful.

Thank you

the tilde ~ will point to the route of the site, so URL.Content() is doing what's expected. Can you post the code you're using in the controller? — Christian Phillips
– Christian Phillips, Commented May 22, 2014 at 13:44
I only do that as the first instruction : String sUrlPublication = Url.Content("~/Publication/PublicationXML/"); and it returns : "/Publication/PublicationXML/" without the route of the site — user3463579
– user3463579, Commented May 22, 2014 at 13:48
@user3463579: What makes you think this is incorrect behavior? If the application is in the root of the domain then ~ would resolve to /. — David
– David, Commented May 22, 2014 at 13:53
Because i get "mydomain.com/Publication/PublicationXML" with exactly the same request from a view. I probably misunderstood something but Url.content() doesn't have the same behaviour between a view or a controller ? — user3463579
– user3463579, Commented May 22, 2014 at 14:01
possible duplicate of How to Generate absolute urls with https in MVC3? — Colby Cavin
– Colby Cavin, Commented May 22, 2014 at 14:18

user3463579 · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-23 08:36:19Z

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I finally found what i'm looking for by using new Uri(Request.Url, Url.Content("~/something.jpg"));. It returns :

http://www.mydomain.com/something.jpg;

Using only Url.Content() in a controller seems to be not enough. We have to use the Uri class to have the full URL.

Anyway, thank you everybody for your help

answered May 23, 2014 at 8:36

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Vasily Hall Over a year ago

This helped me a lot!

Nic · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-22 15:49:19Z

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I am not sure why this is not working in controller probably because Url.Content is an mvc helper but I now how you can do what you want.If you want to get absolute path to your file you can try something like this:

var url=Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("../uploads"), "something.jpg");

In conclusion I think that what you need is Server.MapPath()

answered May 22, 2014 at 15:49

Nic

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user3463579 Over a year ago

It returns the path on my hard drive ("d:\something.jpg") and not what I'm looking for : the full URL ("www.mydomain.com/something.jpg").

Christian Phillips · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-22 20:52:14Z

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You could have a config entry that holds your URL, and append that to the front...

var sUrlPublication = ConfigHelper.SiteUrl + Url.Content("~/....");

Add the URL to AppSettings...

<appSettings>
  <add key="SiteURL" value="...."/>
</appSettings>

You could add a ConfigHelper class...

using System.Configuration;

public static class ConfigHelper
{
  public static string SiteUrl
    {
      get { return ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SiteURL"]; }
    }
}

EDIT: Or as mentioned by Robert

var sUrlPublication = Request.Url.Host  + Url.Content("~/....");

edited May 22, 2014 at 20:52

answered May 22, 2014 at 13:52

Christian Phillips

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Robert Levy Over a year ago

or look at the Request object to find the domain the request is coming in on dynamically

Christian Phillips Over a year ago

@RobertLevy, as in using the ServerVariables?

Robert Levy Over a year ago

No I mean just use Request.Url.Host

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