Can an ASP.NET MVC controller return an Image?

Question

Can I create a Controller that simply returns an image asset?

I would like to route this logic through a controller, whenever a URL such as the following is requeste

Answer 1

I also encountered similar requirement,

So in my case I make a request to Controller with the image folder path, which in return sends back a ImageResult object.

Following code snippet illustrate the work:

var src = string.Format("/GenericGrid.mvc/DocumentPreviewImageLink?fullpath={0}&routingId={1}&siteCode={2}", fullFilePath, metaInfo.RoutingId, da.SiteCode);

                if (enlarged)
                    result = "" +
                        "" +
                        "" +
                        "";
                else
                    result = "";

And in the Controller from the the image path I produce the image and return it back to the caller

try
{
  var file = new FileInfo(fullpath);
  if (!file.Exists)
     return string.Empty;


  var image = new WebImage(fullpath);
  return new ImageResult(new MemoryStream(image.GetBytes()), "image/jpg");


}
catch(Exception ex)
{
  return "File Error : "+ex.ToString();
}