CODEWITHSUNDEEP
asp.net-mvc
pbz
pbz

Reputation: 9085

Convert ActionResult to a URL string in a static method

When I have access to UrlHelper I can convert an ActionResult to a string (i.e. the actual URL) like this: urlHelper.RouteUrl(actionResult.GetRouteValueDictionary());

How can I do that same from a static method where I don't have access to UrlHelper? Thanks.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 4371

Answers (2)

uadrive
uadrive

Reputation: 1269

I have rendered a partial result with a method like this.

private string RenderPartialViewToString(ControllerContext context, string viewName, object model)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(viewName))
            viewName = context.RouteData.GetRequiredString("action");

        ViewData.Model = model;

        using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
        {
            ViewEngineResult viewResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView(context, viewName);
            ViewContext viewContext = new ViewContext(context, viewResult.View, ViewData, TempData, sw);
            viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, sw);

            return sw.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
        }
    }

Upvotes: 0

Robert Harvey
Robert Harvey

Reputation: 180808

Just add a using statement for System.Web.Mvc, and create an instance of the UrlHelper class in your static method.

Upvotes: 6

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