How to know the original url after url rewrite?

Question

I have url rewrite rules which redirect www.domain2.com to a subfolder under the root of a domain1.com (let\'s call this folder subproject). In my controller, I need to cons

Answer 1

Here is a good way to get the current directory even when using rewrite.

I needed this to cache some resources in localStorage for an offline web app. With asp.net mvc, the page parameters are written as subdirecties under a page which causes the relative paths to change. Therefore, I needed the absolute path as a key for the resource in the localStorage.

Anyway, here it is:

        var applicationRoot = new System.Uri(Request.Url, Href("~"));
        var rawURl = Request.RawUrl;
        var rawUrlAbsolute = new System.Uri(serverRoot, rawURl);
        var relativeToCurrentPath = Href("SOMETHING_DOESNT_MATTER/../");
        var clientPathAbsolute = new System.Uri(rawUrlAbsolute, relativeToCurrentPath);
        var clientPathAbsoulteStr = clientPathAbsolute.AbsoluteUri;

This took me many attempts to figure out. Here is an example using my website:

The path without rewriter

    //  applicationRoot         = http://www.toldpro.com/
    //  rawURl                  = /Apps/GreekBible/App/A/B/C
    //  rawUrlAbsolute          = http://www.toldpro.com/Apps/GreekBible/App/A/B/C 
    //  relativeToCurrentPath   = ../../../
    //  clientPathAbsolute      = http://www.toldpro.com/Apps/GreekBible/
    //  clientPathAbsoulteStr   = http://www.toldpro.com/Apps/GreekBible/

The path rewriten to a subdomain

    //  applicationRoot         = http://greekbible.toldpro.com/Apps/GreekBible/
    //  rawURl                  = /App/A/B/C
    //  rawUrlAbsolute          = http://greekbible.toldpro.com/App/A/B/C 
    //  relativeToCurrentPath   = ../../../Apps/GreekBible/
    //  clientPathAbsolute      = http://greekbible.toldpro.com/Apps/GreekBible/
    //  clientPathAbsoulteStr   = http://greekbible.toldpro.com/Apps/GreekBible/

The rewrite rule:

For more information about this, the following is the rewrite rule I used:

// Rewrite: 
// http://greekbible.toldpro.com/App/* (Client)
// to
// http://www.toldpro.com/Apps/GreekBible/App/* (Actual)