How to do it?
I don't want to use this:
HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath
Is there a similar function that I can call without requiring a httpcontext?
For example if a start a thread doing some stuff i cant use the httpcontext, but i still need to get the path of the app. And no i can't pass the context as an argument or read it from a shared var.
Use the HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppPath property.
There are several options:
WebApplication -> Web root folder
UnitTest -> ArgumentNullException
ConsoleApplication -> ArgumentNullException
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
WebApplication -> Web root folder
UnitTest -> ...\AppDir\bin\Debug
ConsoleApplication -> ...\AppDir\bin\Debug
HostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath
WebApplication -> Web root folder
UnitTest -> null
ConsoleApplication -> null
I would recommend to use AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, because it can be used in any type of project and it can be set up.
You can for example set UnitTest BaseDirectory to point your web root folder the AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory by command:
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("APPBASE", "path to your web root");
I have run across this question when looking for way to compute an URL (permalinks in the Web application) to provide in some e-mail notifications.
These were generated on another thread, so HttpContext was not available and I wanted to avoid putting URL related information in the queue table used to generate the e-mails.
The code:
public static String GetCurrentAppDomainBasePath(String prefix = "http://")
{
return String.Format("{0}{1}{2}",
prefix,
System.Net.Dns.GetHostEntry("").HostName,
System.Web.HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppVirtualPath
);
}
The function returns the full virtual path like: http://full-host-name/AppName. Of course, there are some limitations: hardcoded protocol (http, https etc.) and using hostname instead of domain name (fails if multiple domains are defined on a single machine).
