RedirectToLocal not found

Question

I have this code :

using Solutionsecurity.web.Models;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
         


        

Answer 1

RedirectToLocal is not part of the framework. It is added in some of the MVC templates in the Account Controller:

This is taken from the MVC5 template AccountController:

private ActionResult RedirectToLocal(string returnUrl)
{
    if (Url.IsLocalUrl(returnUrl))
    {
        return Redirect(returnUrl);
    }
    else
    {
        return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
    }
}

If you want this method in all of your controllers, then you could easily add it as a protected method in a base controller, and have all of your controllers inherit from that base:

public abstract class BaseController : Controller
{
    protected ActionResult RedirectToLocal(string returnUrl)
    {
        if (Url.IsLocalUrl(returnUrl))
        {
            return Redirect(returnUrl);
        }
        else
        {
            return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
        }
    }
}

public class HomeController : BaseController
{
    // ...
}