ASP.NET MVC - How to get an URL instead of an action link?

Question

I want to embed a URL in an applet parameter.

The only way I know to create automatically the URL is Html.ActionLink(), but I want only the inner HREF attribute, not the whole link.

Is there another way to get what I wan't, other that using Regex on the output of ActionLink() to get the HREF attribute?

Capitalistic

Answer 1

To get only the URL, you can use Url.Action() instead of Html.ActionLink().

It has a number of overloads, so you can give it the name of a route, or the name of the action and the controller, or a number of other options.

Example:

Url.Action("YourAction", "YourController")

Hottentot

Additionally, Url.RouteUrl() will do the same thing, looking at the MSDN, it appears Url.RouteUrl() may be more universal, but it is unclear. Url.Action - Generates a fully qualified URL to an action. Url.RouteUrl - Generates a fully qualified URL (does not specify action). msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/… – Hoopes

Url.Action() throws when the route cannot be mapped, Html.ActionLink() doesn't. – Strikebreaker