ASP.NET MVC: How to create a usable UrlHelper instance?

Question

I am using quartz.net to schedule regular events within asp.net mvc application.

The scheduled job should call a service layer script that requires a UrlHelper instance

Answer 1

You need a RequestContext to create a UrlHelper. In one of my HtmlHelper extension methods, I do it like this:

public static string ScriptUrl(this HtmlHelper html, string script)
{
    var url = new UrlHelper(html.ViewContext.RequestContext);
    ...
}

How you get the RequestContext is dependent on your application.