ASP.NET MVC public alternative to UrlHelper.GenerateUrl

Question

I want to embed a link to a controller action in my page so I can use it from javascript. Something like

var pollAction = \'/Mycontroller/CheckStatus\'


        

Answer 1

If your page or control inherits from ViewPage or ViewUserControl, use the Url.Action method.

If not, use this instead:

 String url = RouteTable.Routes.GetVirtualPath
              (
                ((MvcHandler) HttpContext.Current.CurrentHandler).RequestContext,
                new RouteValueDictionary
                (
                  new 
                  { 
                    controller = "MyController", 
                    action = "CheckState", 
                    id = idParameter 
                  }
                )
              ).VirtualPath;

Place this inside a method on your code-behind and call it from the HTML view.

Answer 2

Have you tried something along these lines?

var pollAction = '<%=Url.Action("CheckStatus", "MyController") %>';