How to get base URL in Web API controller?

Question

I know that I can use Url.Link() to get URL of a specific route, but how can I get Web API base URL in Web API controller?

Answer 1

In the action method of the request to the url "http://localhost:85458/api/ctrl/"

var baseUrl = Request.RequestUri.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Authority) ; 

this will get you http://localhost:85458