Asp.net-mvc – How to find the absolute url of an action in ASP.NET MVC

asp.net-mvc

I need to do something like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    token_url = "http://example.com/your_token_url";
</script>

I'm using the Beta version of MVC, but I can't figure out how to get the absolute url of an action. I'd like to do something like this:

<%= Url.AbsoluteAction("Action","Controller")) %>

Is there a helper or Page method for this?

Best Solution

Click here for more information, but esentially there is no need for extension methods. It's already baked in, just not in a very intuitive way.

Url.Action("Action", null, null, Request.Url.Scheme);

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There are overloads of ActionLink which take a fragment parameter. Passing "section12" as your fragment will get you the behavior you're after.

For example, calling LinkExtensions.ActionLink Method (HtmlHelper, String, String, String, String, String, String, Object, Object):

<%= Html.ActionLink("Link Text", "Action", "Controller", null, null, "section12-the-anchor", new { categoryid = "blah"}, null) %>

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For MVC v5.1 use Html.EnumDropDownListFor

@Html.EnumDropDownListFor(
    x => x.YourEnumField,
    "Select My Type", 
    new { @class = "form-control" })

For MVC v5 use EnumHelper

@Html.DropDownList("MyType", 
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   "Select My Type", 
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For MVC 5 and lower

I rolled Rune's answer into an extension method:

namespace MyApp.Common
{
    public static class MyExtensions{
        public static SelectList ToSelectList<TEnum>(this TEnum enumObj)
            where TEnum : struct, IComparable, IFormattable, IConvertible
        {
            var values = from TEnum e in Enum.GetValues(typeof(TEnum))
                select new { Id = e, Name = e.ToString() };
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        }
    }
}

This allows you to write:

ViewData["taskStatus"] = task.Status.ToSelectList();

by using MyApp.Common