Question

Is there a way to get the “final HTML output” (what you get when you do “View source” in a browser) from code in ASP.NET MVC3 without making use of something like a WebRequest?

For example something like this:

string htmlCode = Url.GetHtml("Action", "Controller", new { id = 7 });

Answer 1

You can do it like this with RazorGenerator.Mvc which is available as a Nuget package. You can read more about it here: http://razorgenerator.codeplex.com/ It was intended for Unit testing but I think it is what your looking for.

var view = new myview();
HtmlDocument document = view.RenderAsHtml();

Hope that helps you in what your trying to do.