Get request from controller action method doesn't work

Question

I have a view with a link which is suppose to fire a get request:

<span style="margin-right: 20px;">@Html.Hyperlink("http://localhost:59536" + pr.Url, pr.Name)</span>

<span style="margin-right: 20px;">@Html.ActionLink(pr.Name, "LoginExternal", new { url = pr.Url, state = pr.State })</span>

When I use custom html helper generating a hyperlink in the view everything works fine. If I use a second method which calls action method in the controller get request is never released:

    public async Task LoginExternal(string url, string state)
    {
        var client = new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(uri) };
        var response = await client.GetAsync(url);
        response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
    }

What am I missing in the controller action method

That's not the case: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2048643/asp-net-mvc-controller-actions-that-return-void — Bartosz, Feb 20 '14 at 13:48
What markup does the 2 helpers produce? Do they differ from each other? — Darin Dimitrov, Feb 21 '14 at 09:14
@DarinDimitrov first span has a direct link to the API method - Google while the second calls the method in controller - Google — Bartosz, Feb 21 '14 at 09:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '14 at 09:39

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It appears that you are attempting to generate a link to a Web API method using Html.ActionLink. You could use the Html.RouteLink and specify the httproute="" value:

@Html.RouteLink(
    pr.Name, 
    "DefaultApi", 
    new { 
        httproute = "", 
        controller = "LoginExternal", 
        url = pr.Url, 
        state = pr.State
    }
)

You might need to adjust the name of the route if DefaultApi is not the Web API route you have.

answered Feb 21 '14 at 09:39

Darin Dimitrov

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Yes, I do think this will be the best solution. Thanks – Bartosz Feb 21 '14 at 11:12

Get request from controller action method doesn't work

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