Question

In an ASP.NET MVC aspx page I have the following script:

<script type="text/c#" runat="server">
    string rl = Request.RawUrl;
</script>

the Request is underlined in Visual Studio with the following error:
An object reference is required for the non-static method, field, or property System.Web.UI.Page.Request.get

However this: <%=Request.RawUrl%> works fine.

Can you please tell me how I can get the RawUrl into the rl string variable in the script? Thanks!

This is a continuation of How to make a variable on an aspx page visible to multiple content sections on that page in ASP.NET MVC?

I basically am trying to declare an object on the page and referring to it in different parts of the page.

Answer 1

Like that:

<%
    string rl = Request.RawUrl;
%>

or in your particular case:

<script type="text/C#" runat="server">
    string rl = HttpContext.Current.Request.RawUrl;
</script>

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UPDATE:

According to your comment you want to use this variable from everywhere. In this case I would recommend you writing a custom helper that will be accessible in all views:

public static class HtmlExtensions
{
    public static string GetSomeValue(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper)
    {
        var context = htmlHelper.ViewContext.RequestContext.HttpContext;
        var value = context.Items["__some_key__"] as string;
        if (value != null)
        {
            // the value was found in the HTTP context => no need
            // to recalculate it
            return value;
        }

        value = ... do some expensive calculation to fetch the value
        // store the value in the HTTP context so that the next time
        // someone calls this helper from within the current HTTP context
        // doesn't need to perform the expensive operation
        context.Items["__some_key__"] = value;
        return value;
    }
}

and then when you need the value somewhere:

<%= Html.GetSomeValue() %>