How can I render a razor view to a string without dependency on a controller context?

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All the examples I have seen involve passing in a ControllerContext to my render helper class. However, I don't want the dependency to the controller context as I want the rendered string to be generated inside a service.

You may take a look at the [following blog post](http://buildstarted.com/2010/09/29/razor-view-engine-without-mvc-at-all/). And [another one](http://buildstarted.com/2010/09/28/mvc-3-razor-view-engine-without-a-controller/). — Darin Dimitrov, Mar 09 '11 at 10:48

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 19 '16 at 22:31

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RazorEngine seems to do exactly what you're looking for:

string template = "Hello @Model.Name! Welcome to Razor!";
string result = Razor.Parse(template, new { Name = "World" });

edited Feb 19 '16 at 22:31

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answered Mar 09 '11 at 14:31

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The problem with RazorEngine is that it does not currently support @Helper templates in the App_Code folder. – William Nov 23 '17 at 00:24
@William Doesn't support use of `@Html` helper either. – Francis Ducharme Feb 26 '20 at 14:27

How can I render a razor view to a string without dependency on a controller context?

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