Question

I am trying to get the path to a folder in my website root and save it to a class property when my controller constructor is called:

public TestController:Controller{     string temp;      public TestController(){         temp = '';         }      } 

I have tried the following:

temp = Server.MapPath('~/TheFolder/'); // Server is null - error. temp = Request.PhysicalApplicationPath + @'TheFolder\'; // Request is null - error. 

Any ideas?

Answer 1

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory will give you the root of your site. So:

temp = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, 'TheFolder'); 

(Update thanks to Marc Gravell’s comment)