ASP.NET Razor get Area in URL

Question

Is there a way using the ASP.NET Razor Syntax to get the area component from a request?

http://localhost:12345/SomeController/SomeAction
http://localhost:12345/MyArea/AnotherController/AnotherAction

I'd like to use Razor to cleanly and reliably get me the "MyArea" part of the URL.

What's the best approach for this?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '13 at 20:24

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I actually used this:

var area = ViewContext.RouteData.DataTokens["area"];

answered Feb 01 '13 at 20:24

Adam Levitt

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Thanks for this! Most of what I have read has said create a html helper class. Soooooo much code for a simple thing. Thanks for keeping it simple! Exactly what I needed. – HKstrongside Feb 28 '16 at 18:52

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

I found this on another post:

String URL to RouteValueDictionary

var request = new HttpRequest(null, "http://localhost:3333/Home/About", "testvalue=1");
var response = new HttpResponse(new StringWriter());
var httpContext = new HttpContext(request, response);
var routeData = RouteTable.Routes.GetRouteData(new HttpContextWrapper(httpContext));

And then to get the area:

string area = routeData.DataTokens["area"].ToString();

Alternatively, you might be able to just use:

var action = RouteData.Values["area"];

Good luck.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 01 '13 at 19:45

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This should do it for you.

@ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("area").RawValue.ToString()

answered Feb 01 '13 at 19:45

Becuzz

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This returns a NullReferenceException. – Adam Levitt Feb 01 '13 at 19:58
@AdamLevitt You may need to check that the return value of GetValue("area") is not null. I assume a null value means you do not have an area. – Becuzz Feb 01 '13 at 20:13

ASP.NET Razor get Area in URL

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