Get complete url to a page from global asax

Question

Id' like to retrieve a url to my website from global asax. This url has to be complete (protocol, domain, etc.). Is there an easy way to do that?

I tried VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute but it only gives a relative path.

Answer 1

Try this :

HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.OriginalString

This way you can access the url from global asax.

P.s. you could have done it yourself by debugging :

• OriginalString was used cuz you wanted the full origin info.

• you can also use the one without the port which is AbsoluteURI

Answer 2

You can achieve this by using Application_BeginRequest method in your Global.asax and HttpApplication.Context.Request.Url. Keep in mind that the method is going to fire for every request.

public class Global : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
    private void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // Code that runs on application startup
    }

    void Application_BeginRequest(Object source, EventArgs e)
    {
        var app = (HttpApplication)source;
        var uriObject = app.Context.Request.Url;
        //app.Context.Request.Url.OriginalString
    }

    void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // Code that runs on application error
    }

    private void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        // Code that runs on register routes
    }
}