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Maxim Eliseev
Maxim Eliseev

Reputation: 3504

MVC4 - how to render a view a string?

I am using MVC4 and I want to render my view as a string. Existing answers did not help me (probably because of MVC version difference).

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3593

Answers (1)

Maxim Eliseev
Maxim Eliseev

Reputation: 3504

This solution helped me and "saved my day".

https://coderwall.com/p/8ie5jg

using System.IO;
using System.Web.Mvc;

public class RenderRazorViewToString
{
    #region Render

    public string Render( Controller controller, string viewName, object model )
    {
        controller.ViewData.Model = model;

        using ( var sw = new StringWriter() )
        {
            var viewResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView(controller.ControllerContext, viewName);
            var viewContext = new ViewContext(controller.ControllerContext, viewResult.View, controller.ViewData, controller.TempData, sw);
            viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, sw);
            viewResult.ViewEngine.ReleaseView(controller.ControllerContext, viewResult.View);
            return sw.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
        }
    }

    #endregion
}

Disclaimer: I am NOT the author, I just want to share it to help other people like me.

Upvotes: 12

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