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noontz
noontz

Reputation: 2007

How is PhysicalFileProvider supposed to work in asp.net controllers

Please consider the following (part of) IApplicationBuilder and IWebHostEnvironment configuration:

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(Path.Combine(env.ContentRootPath, "WebContent")),
    RequestPath = "/WebContent"
});

In my controller I'm testing 3 different approaches:

return LocalRedirect("~/WebContent/index.html");

This works, but I'm struggling with the next two and wonder why they fail:

return PhysicalFile("~/WebContent/index.html", "text/html");

Throws: FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\ProjectPath>\bin\Debug\net5.0~\WebContent\index.html'.

return File("~/WebContent/index.html", "text/html");

Throws: FileNotFoundException: Could not find file: ~/WebContent/index.html

How do I access/serve the static files from the latter two?

I'm getting nuts iterating variations of the input, so a little background would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1432

Answers (1)

Yinqiu
Yinqiu

Reputation: 7200

You can try following code:

    private readonly IWebHostEnvironment _hostingEnvironment;

    public HomeController(IWebHostEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
    {
        _hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment;
    }

    public IActionResult Index()
    {
       var path = Path.Combine(_hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath, "WebContent/index.html");
       return PhysicalFile(path, "text/html");
    }

Upvotes: 0

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