How to get full host name + port number in Application_Start of Global.aspx?

Question

I tried

Uri uri = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url;
String host = uri.Scheme + Uri.SchemeDelimiter + uri.Host + \":\" + uri.Port;

and it wo

Answer 1

Just answering this so if someone ever decides to actually search on this topic...

This works on application start in any mode...

typeof(HttpContext).GetField("_request", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance).GetValue(HttpContext.Current)