Get absolute url of a file in an MVC application

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I have the following on an Asp.Net MVC 5 site:

@Url.Content("~/shareimage.jpg")

This gives me a relative url. But I need the absolute url.

How can I get the absolute url of a file?

thank You, Miguel

possible duplicate of asp.net mvc image path and virtual directory — Nicholas Carey
– Nicholas Carey, Commented Dec 18, 2013 at 0:30

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:32:19Z

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This is a duplicate of this question: asp.net mvc image path and virtual directory.

I use this helper myself:

public static class Helpers
{
  public static Uri FullyQualifiedUri( this HtmlHelper html , string relativeOrAbsolutePath )
  {
    Uri        baseUri  = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url ;
    string     path     = UrlHelper.GenerateContentUrl( relativeOrAbsolutePath, new HttpContextWrapper( HttpContext.Current ) ) ;
    Uri        instance = null ;
    bool       ok       = Uri.TryCreate( baseUri , path , out instance ) ;
    return instance ; // instance will be null if the uri could not be created
  }
}

which should give you a fully-qualifed absolute URI for pretty much any URI your throw at it.

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Abdellah IDRISSI · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-18 00:35:30Z

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Url.Action or url.RouteUrl where a protocol is specified gives you the absolute url.

<%= Url.Action("About", "Home", null, "http") %><br />
<%= Url.RouteUrl("Default", new { Action = "About" }, "http") %><br />

http://captaincodeman.com/2010/02/03/absolute-urls-using-mvc-without-extension-methods/

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Miguel Moura Over a year ago

That, I think, is for ASP.NET Forms not for MVC

Miguel Moura Over a year ago

Please, read my question ... I am using Url.Content but that gives me the relative path.

Miguel Moura Over a year ago

Yes, I know Action and RouteUrl have a protocol option but that is for action not for files ... And Url.Content does not have it ... That is the problem

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