Url.Action not including port number

Question

I have a partial view which is displayed on a non-HTTPS page, but POSTS to a controller that requires SSL. The form definition is this:

        <form id="authForm"
          method="post"
          action="@Url.Action("authenticate", "auth", new {}, "https")">

The problem I'm having is that, within Visual Studio and when debugging, the host and port are localhost:64043. However, the Url.Action call above doesn't put the port number in, meaning the browser directs to my IIS installation. Do I have to add something else, or override this method? I want my application to be location agnostic.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You could include it like this:

@Url.Action(
    "authenticate", 
    "auth", 
    null, 
    "https", 
    Request.Url.Host + ":" + Request.Url.Port
)

Of course this means that your local web server must support SSL which is not the case with Cassini. You could use IIS Express for this to work.