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John Stone
John Stone

Reputation: 1385

Programmatically get IIS server URL

Short version:

How can I get the URL of the server my MVC3 project is being executed on? I do NOT want to hard code a server address.

Long version:

I've got three servers I will be working with:

  1. Development server
  2. QA server for others to test
  3. Production server

None of the above servers have the same URL.

My web project needs to generate notification emails that contain a clickable link.

I know that Request.Url.ToString() will get me the server but if possible, I'd rather not spend time processing that string everytime I generate an email.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7106

Answers (7)

user2927376
user2927376

Reputation:

you can use Request.Url.GetComponents(UriComponents.SchemeAndServer, UriFormat.Unescaped);. This will return the sever starting from http.... till the server name and port.

Upvotes: 0

Marcus Granström
Marcus Granström

Reputation: 17964

HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Scheme + "://" + HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Authority + HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath;

Should do the trick for you

Upvotes: 2

Reinstate Monica Cellio
Reinstate Monica Cellio

Reputation: 26143

Not sure if this is what you're after, but I recently had to get the URL of the default website on IIS. It proved to be a real pain, but I managed to get this working code...

    using System.DirectoryServices;
    using System.Diagnostics;

    private string GetDefaultSite()
    {
        using (DirectoryEntry w3svc2 = new DirectoryEntry("IIS://Localhost/W3SVC"))
        {
            foreach (DirectoryEntry de in w3svc2.Children)
            {
                if (de.SchemaClassName == "IIsWebServer" &&
                    de.Properties["ServerComment"].Value.ToString() == "Default Web Site")
                {
                    string binding = de.Properties["ServerBindings"].Value.ToString();

                    string[] split = binding.Split(':');

                    if (split[2] == "") return "http://localhost/";
                    else return "http://" + split[2] + "/";
                }
            }
        }
        return "";
    }

Upvotes: 1

JackAce
JackAce

Reputation: 1405

One of these should work:

Response.Write Server.MachineName;
Response.Write Request.ServerVariables["LOCAL_ADDR"];

Upvotes: -1

Jahan Zinedine
Jahan Zinedine

Reputation: 14874

Look at the Server Variables, you can find the server name there.

SERVER_NAME could be a good choice.

Upvotes: 0

mnemosyn
mnemosyn

Reputation: 46311

You can process the Request.Url once and store the result in a static variable. Just make sure you access that variable in a thread-safe manner. I've been using this in production for quite a while, and it works like a charm.

Upvotes: 5

Adam Tuliper
Adam Tuliper

Reputation: 30152

Request.URI is the way to go. If you are really that worried about performance, profile it. I can almost guarantee the results wont be bad. If they are you can read it from the headers manually via Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_HOST"] Request.ServerVariables["SERVER_NAME"] etc

Upvotes: 1

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