How to get base URL in Web API controller?

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Nikolai Samteladze picture Nikolai Samteladze · Nov 8, 2013 · Viewed 147k times · Source

I know that I can use Url.Link() to get URL of a specific route, but how can I get Web API base URL in Web API controller?

Answer

mLar picture mLar · Apr 21, 2015

In the action method of the request to the url "http://localhost:85458/api/ctrl/"

var baseUrl = Request.RequestUri.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Authority) ;

this will get you http://localhost:85458

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