in asp.net-mvc controller, what is the best way to generate a URL

Question

right now i take the

 RequestContext

and pass this into a UrlHelper like this:

UrlHelper u = new UrlHelper(context);
string hrSyncUrl = u.Action("Update", "Person");

but the issue is that this seems to return:

/Person/Update

instead of:

http://www.mysite.com/Person/Update

so, given a controller and and action name, how can i generate a FULL url from inside a controller?

the reason that i need this is that i am generating an email so i need the full url to put in the body of that email.

@R0MANARMY - i updated the question, i need to put a url into an email and "/Person/Update" doesn't really work ? — leora, Apr 26 '11 at 18:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '11 at 18:03

string hrSyncUrl = u.Action("Update", "Person", null, "http");

And to avoid hardcoding the protocol you could fetch it from the request:

var protocol = context.HttpContext.Request.Url.Scheme;
string hrSyncUrl = u.Action("Update", "Person", null, protocol);

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered Apr 26 '11 at 18:03

Gregory A Beamer

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