How do I read a local file in my ASP.NET Core project

Question

If I want to read a local file from my project, given a relative path from the project directory, how could I achieve this?

Answer 1

You can get the ApplicationBasePath from PlatformServices.ApplicationEnvironment. This will make it possible to resolve non-absolute paths relative to your application base path.

Answer 2

Now that .Net Core has RTM-ed you need to use IHostingEnvironment instead. It exposes WebRootPathand ContentRootPath