What is the best way to read in a text file from the server in asp.net-mvc

Question

In one of my controller actions I need to read in a text file that has a bunch of reference data in it. Right now I simply put it in the \"/Content\" directory.

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Answer 1

If the file should not be directly available via URL, you should put it in App_Data.

For reading it, just use:

var fileContents = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath(@"~/App_Data/file.txt"));