Generating Route Url to MVC controller action from WebAPI

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I'm used to generating route URLs to other controller actions within an MVC controller action using something similar to below:

public class ApplicationController : Controller { public ActionResult Index( ) { var url = Url.RouteUrl("routename", new { controller = "Application", Action = "Index2" , other="other" }); } public ActionResult Index2( string other) { } }

But I also need to be able to generate URLs to MVC controller actions from within webapi too, How would I go about doing this?

There seems to be a UrlHelper property on the APIController but I cant find any examples of how to use this and have not been able to figure it out myself.

UPDATE : The reason I am trying to generate a url is that this particular webapi method sends an email which provides the recipient with a link to direct the user back to an appropriate section of the site. I obviously want to get away from hardcoding this as it will not work for different deployments and also if I begin changing the routing this link will be broken. Is there a better approach to doing this?

RaghuRam Nadiminti · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-06 20:08:48Z

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You can use MVC route names as well with web API UrlHelper. Example,

 Url.Link("Default", new { Controller = "Account", Action = "Login" });

or

 Url.Route("Default", new { Controller = "Account", Action = "Login" });

answered Mar 6, 2013 at 20:08

RaghuRam Nadiminti

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Steve Over a year ago

@TrueBlueAussie you're looking at the wrong UrlHelper. Look at the http one not the mvc one.

Steve Over a year ago

msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…. If you are using attribute routing, name your routes.

Tito Over a year ago

Are we sure this is possible? I get 'A route named '...' could not be found' exception and this question suggests it cannot be done: stackoverflow.com/questions/29147486/…

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