Generate Reset Password link in WebApi

Question

I wanted to generate a reset password link to send to the user's email that will open the ResetPassword page. On this page I will fill in the details regarding the new password and then confirm the password.

For this I have followed this Link

But there is a Url.Action method that i am not able to find in my web api project.

var callbackUrl = Url.Action(
               "ConfirmEmail", "Account", 
               new { userId = user.Id, code = code }, 
               protocol: Request.Url.Scheme);

Hase anybody done the reset password part in the web api? I need some help.

Answer 1

You can use Url.Link in Web API 2.0

var callbackUrl = Url.Link("Default", new { Controller = "Account", 
                  Action = "ConfirmEmail", userId = user.Id, code = code });

Answer 2

Url.Action does not exist because the Url helper in WebApi doe snot have the Action method. You can use Url.Route instead to generate the same thing but you will need to create a named route in order to use that method. If you are using attribute routing it, you can add a name to the route attribute like so:

[Route(Name="ConfirmEmail")]

and the helper would be

var callbackUrl = Url.Route("ConfirmEmail", new { userId = user.Id, code = code });