App_Data directory in ASP.NET5 MVC6

Question

I've been trying ASP.NET5 MVC6 app. In the previous version, there was a directory App_Data. I used this folder to store error logs. But it is not found in latest version. Any help?

Answer 1

This works for ASP.NET MVC with Core 2

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env) { // Use this code if you want the App_Data folder to be in wwwroot //string baseDir = env.WebRootPath;  // Use this if you want App_Data off your project root folder string baseDir = env.ContentRootPath;  AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", System.IO.Path.Combine(baseDir, "App_Data")); } 

Now you can put this code where you need it to get your App_Data folder

string dataDir = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetData("DataDirectory").ToString(); 

Answer 2

I think putting App_Data under wwwroot is a bad idea. With asp.net 5 when we publish/deploy we get 2 folders approot and wwwroot. Any files that are not going to be served by http requests should not live under wwwroot. It would be better for things that previously would go under App_Data folder to live somewhere under approot instead. This related question of how to access files from approot should be of help