Get raw URL from Microsoft.AspNet.Http.HttpRequest

request uri asp.net-core
Jon Egerton picture Jon Egerton · Jan 24, 2015 · Viewed 52.2k times · Source

The HttpRequest class in Asp.Net 5 (vNext) contains (amongst other things) parsed details about the URL for the request, such as Scheme, Host, Path etc.

I've haven't spotted anywhere yet that exposes the original request URL though - only these parsed values. (In previous versions there was Request.Uri)

Can I get the raw URL back without having to piece it together from the components available on HttpRequest?

Answer

Matt DeKrey picture Matt DeKrey · Apr 16, 2015

It looks like you can't access it directly, but you can build it using the framework:

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions.UriHelper.GetFullUrl(Request)

You can also use the above as an extension method.

This returns a string rather than a Uri, but it should serve the purpose! (This also seems to serve the role of the UriBuilder, too.)

Thanks to @mswietlicki for pointing out that it's just been refactored rather than missing! And also to @C-F to point out the namespace change in my answer!

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