Url helper for full url in asp.net mvc-3

Question

Writing

@Url.Content("~/Something/Something.html")

in razor renders

/AppFolder/Something/Something.html

Is there a way to render the full URL like http://www.something.com/AppFolder/Something/Something.html without atrocious hacks? (like storing the protocol and domain in the AppConfig, and concatenate the string to it)

Is there a helper like @Url.FullPath("~/asdf/asdf") or similar?

Answer 1

The @Url.RouteURL() does not quiet answer this question. It does work for named routes but falls short for arbitrary virtual paths. Here is quick helper method that generates full outbound url. You can create overloads for various schemes (http[s]) depending on the degree of control desired.

public static class UrlHelperExtension
{
    public static string ContentFullPath(this UrlHelper url,string virtualPath)
    {
        var result = string.Empty;
        Uri requestUrl = url.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request.Url;

        result = string.Format("{0}://{1}{2}",
                               requestUrl.Scheme,
                               requestUrl.Authority, 
                               VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute(virtualPath));
        return result;
    }
}