How to serve html file from another directory as ActionResult

Question

I have a specialised case where I wish to serve a straight html file from a Controller Action.

I want to serve it from a different folder other than the Views folder

Answer 1

I extended wahid's answer to create HtmlResult

Create Html Result which extends FilePathResult

public class HtmlResult : FilePathResult
{
    public HtmlResult(string path)
        : base(path, "text/html")
    {
    }
}

Created static method on controller

public static HtmlResult Html(this Controller controller, string path)
{
    return new HtmlResult(path);
}

used like we return view

public HtmlResult Index()
{
    return this.Html("~/Index.html");
}

Hope it helps