What's the right way to query my own API?

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I have a web application that has regular webpages and an API. the regular controllers are in Controllers/, the API controllers are in Controllers/API.

On one of my views I can call

$.getJSON("/API/PRAXA/FO")

but that only works in development. In production, the application is in a subdirectory, so I would have to call

$.getJSON("/DMR/API/PRAXA/FO")

How can I determine this properly at run-time, so it works in both development and production?

I tried using

@Html.RouteLink("hiddenLink", "DefaultApi", new { action = "FO", controller = "PRAXA" }, new { id = "hiddenLink" })

but its href attribute is giving me null in both environments.

use UrlHelper.HttpUrlRoute with the controller, actions and parameters. the helper will generate the full url which will work for both development and production — Nkosi, Oct 03 '16 at 15:53
@Nkosi that works perfectly, if that was an answer I'd accept it. — Adam R. Grey, Oct 03 '16 at 16:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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Use UrlHelper.HttpRouteUrl with the controller, actions and parameters. The helper will generate the full URL which will work in both development and production.

$.getJSON('@Url.HttpRouteUrl("DefaultApi", new { action = "FO", controller = "PRAXA" } )')

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Oct 03 '16 at 16:18

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