Url helper for full url in asp.net mvc-3

Question

Writing

@Url.Content(\"~/Something/Something.html\")

in razor renders

/AppFolder/Something/Something.html

I

Answer 1

For anyone needing to build URLs in WebAPI 2.2 and/or MVC5, this worked for me:

// works in a controller
var requestUri = this.Request.RequestUri;
// just the http/s and the hostname; ymmv
string baseUrl = requestUri.Scheme + "://" + requestUri.Authority + "/";
// build your url for whatever purpose you need it for
string url = baseUrl + "SomeOtherController?id=" + ;