Get app relative url from Request.Url.AbsolutePath

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How can I get the application relative url from Request.Url.AbsolutePath?

VirtualPathUtility seems to only work with ~/XXX urls?

Hi, take a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3681052/get-absolute-url-from-relative-path-refactored-method — Felipe Oriani, Mar 14 '12 at 11:52
@felipeoriani: That's relative path to absolute (opposite to what I want). — jgauffin, Mar 14 '12 at 11:55

score 36 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '12 at 11:15

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Its a little late to answer but there is a elegant solution to this. You can use

Request.Url.PathAndQuery

This will return the relative path of the page.

For example, if the URL is www.example.com/products?A=a&B=b&C=c, the above piece of code will return /products?A=a&B=b&C=c

answered Jul 25 '12 at 11:15

Ashwin Singh

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That's not a relative url. It's an absolute path from the root. Would not work for virtual directories. – jgauffin Jul 31 '12 at 06:49
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But it's what many people need exactly when ending up here :) – Stefanvds Nov 13 '15 at 07:38
This doesn't include any anchor - which I wanted. – Ian Grainger Mar 06 '18 at 11:19

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 15 '12 at 22:46

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I solved it like this:

// create an absolute path for the application root
var appUrl = VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/");

// remove the app path (exclude the last slash)
var relativeUrl = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.AbsolutePath.Remove(0, appUrl.Length - 1);

edited Mar 15 '12 at 22:46

Pankaj

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answered Mar 14 '12 at 12:07

jgauffin

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if the HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.AbsolutePath Have a %20 for the Space what should i do ? – Marwan Oct 22 '13 at 09:40
Replace it with a space. Or use `Uri.DecodeXXx()` (do not remember the method name) – jgauffin Oct 22 '13 at 09:59

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 06 '14 at 23:31

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This worked for me:

VirtualPathUtility.MakeRelative("~", Request.Url.AbsolutePath)

For example if the root of the website is /Website and Request.Url.AbsolutePath is /Website/some/path this will return some/path.

answered Aug 06 '14 at 23:31

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score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 14 '14 at 19:33

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To do this without using string manipulation and handling the application's relative path I used:

    var relativeUrl = VirtualPathUtility.ToAppRelative(
        new Uri(context.Request.Url.PathAndQuery, UriKind.Relative).ToString());

answered Dec 14 '14 at 19:33

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Why the `new Uri(context.Request.Url.PathAndQuery, UriKind.Relative).ToString()`? Isn't just `context.Request.Url.PathAndQuery` the same thing? – MiMo Dec 15 '16 at 21:27

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 09 '13 at 20:22

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I think this is the cleanest way:

new Uri(Request.Url.PathAndQuery, UriKind.Relative))

answered Dec 09 '13 at 20:22

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 06 '18 at 11:39

To build on Ashwin Singh's nice answer - I needed the anchor link to be included with my relative URL, so I just re-added it at the end:

Request.Url.PathAndQuery + Request.Url.Fragment

So http://localhost:8080/abc/d?foo=bar#jazz becomes /abc/d?foo=bar#jazz.

Pankaj · Answer 7 · 2012-03-14T14:59:59.043

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 String appUrl = VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/");
 String RelativePath = new System.Uri(Page.Request.Url, "").PathAndQuery.Substring(appUrl.Length-1)

edited Mar 14 '12 at 14:59

answered Mar 14 '12 at 14:19

Pankaj

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Suppose I have a URL `http://localhost:49484/Website/Default.aspx` This will give you /Default.aspx – Pankaj Mar 14 '12 at 14:31
You are doing the same thing as I did in my answer, but slightly more complex? – jgauffin Mar 14 '12 at 14:53
Difference is the class and approach and result are same with same line of code as you mentioned... – Pankaj Mar 14 '12 at 14:59

Get app relative url from Request.Url.AbsolutePath

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