How do I generate a URL outside of a controller in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

How do I generate a URL pointing to a controller action from a helper method outside of the controller?

Answer 1

You could use the following if you have access to the HttpContext:

var urlHelper = new UrlHelper(HttpContext.Current.Request.RequestContext); 

Answer 2

You can use LinkGenerator . It's new feature in Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing namespace and has been added in Aug 2020 .

At first you have to inject that in your class :

public class Sampleervice  {         private readonly LinkGenerator _linkGenerator;          public Sampleervice (LinkGenerator linkGenerator)        {             _linkGenerator = linkGenerator;        }         public string GenerateLink()        {               return _linkGenerator.GetPathByAction("Privacy", "Home");        } } 

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