in asp.net-mvc controller, what is the best way to generate a URL

Question

right now i take the

 RequestContext

and pass this into a UrlHelper like this:

UrlHelper u = new UrlHelper(context);
string hrSyncUrl = u.Action("Update", "Person");

but the issue is that this seems to return:

/Person/Update

instead of:

http://www.mysite.com/Person/Update

so, given a controller and and action name, how can i generate a FULL url from inside a controller?

the reason that i need this is that i am generating an email so i need the full url to put in the body of that email.

@R0MANARMY - i updated the question, i need to put a url into an email and "/Person/Update" doesn't really work ? — leora
– leora, Commented Apr 26, 2011 at 18:02

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-26 18:03:50Z

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string hrSyncUrl = u.Action("Update", "Person", null, "http");

And to avoid hardcoding the protocol you could fetch it from the request:

var protocol = context.HttpContext.Request.Url.Scheme;
string hrSyncUrl = u.Action("Update", "Person", null, protocol);

answered Apr 26, 2011 at 18:03

Darin Dimitrov

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answered Apr 26, 2011 at 18:03

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