How Do I Get Paths and URL fragments from the HttpRequest object?
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Summary
If you have done much ASP.NET programming you have probably spent a lot of time mapping urls to physical disk locations and vice versa. This need arises whenever you store files on the server or do some kind of URL parsing and re-routing of incoming requests.
This article will examine the properties of the Request object that will provide path and url information related to the application and the current request.
First, here are a couple of tables of useful properties on the Request object and an example of the text they return for a given input URL.
For some reason unclear to me, the Url.Fragment property is usually empty instead of showing "#fragment".
Input: http://localhost:96/Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx?q=item#fragment
| Some HttpRequest path and URL properties: |
| Request.ApplicationPath: | /Cambia3 |
| Request.CurrentExecutionFilePath: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx |
| Request.FilePath: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx |
| Request.Path: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info |
| Request.PathInfo: | /path/info |
| Request.PhysicalApplicationPath: | D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CambiaWeb\Cambia3\ |
| Request.RawUrl: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info?query=arg |
| Request.Url.AbsolutePath: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info |
| Request.Url.AbsoluteUri: | http://localhost:96/Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info?query=arg |
| Request.Url.Fragment: | |
| Request.Url.Host: | localhost |
| Request.Url.LocalPath: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info |
| Request.Url.PathAndQuery: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info?query=arg |
| Request.Url.Port: | 96 |
| Request.Url.Query: | ?query=arg |
| Request.Url.Scheme: | http |
| Request.Url.Segments: | /
Cambia3/
Temp/
Test.aspx
|
Input: http://localhost:96/Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info?q=item#fragment
| Some HttpRequest path and URL properties: |
| Request.ApplicationPath: | /Cambia3 |
| Request.CurrentExecutionFilePath: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx |
| Request.FilePath: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx |
| Request.Path: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info |
| Request.PathInfo: | /path/info |
| Request.PhysicalApplicationPath: | D:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CambiaWeb\Cambia3\ |
| Request.RawUrl: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info?query=arg |
| Request.Url.AbsolutePath: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info |
| Request.Url.AbsoluteUri: | http://localhost:96/Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info?query=arg |
| Request.Url.Fragment: | |
| Request.Url.Host: | localhost |
| Request.Url.LocalPath: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info |
| Request.Url.PathAndQuery: | /Cambia3/Temp/Test.aspx/path/info?query=arg |
| Request.Url.Port: | 96 |
| Request.Url.Query: | ?query=arg |
| Request.Url.Scheme: | http |
| Request.Url.Segments: | /
Cambia3/
Temp/
Test.aspx/
path/
info
|
The following is the C# method I used to process the URLs above and generate the output tables. You may use this method in a code-behind file for an aspx page with a Label control names lblOutput.
private void DisplayRequestObjectProperties()
{
lblOutput.Text = "<table cellpadding=2 border=1>";
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td colspan=2 align=center>";
lblOutput.Text += "Some HttpRequest path and ULR properties:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// application path
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.ApplicationPath:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.ApplicationPath + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// current execution file path
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.CurrentExecutionFilePath:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.CurrentExecutionFilePath + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// file path
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.FilePath:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.FilePath + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// path
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Path:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.Path + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// path info
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.PathInfo:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.PathInfo + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// physical application path
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.PhysicalApplicationPath:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.PhysicalApplicationPath + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// raw url
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.RawUrl:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.RawUrl + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// absolute path
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Url.AbsolutePath:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.Url.AbsolutePath + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// absolute uri
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Url.AbsoluteUri:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.Url.AbsoluteUri + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// fragment
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Url.Fragment:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.Url.Fragment + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// host
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Url.Host:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.Url.Host + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// authority
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Url.Authority:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.Url.Authority + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// local path
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Url.LocalPath:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.Url.LocalPath + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// path and query
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Url.PathAndQuery:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.Url.PathAndQuery + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// port
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Url.Port:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.Url.Port + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// query
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Url.Query:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.Url.Query + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// scheme
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Url.Scheme:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + Request.Url.Scheme + "</b>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
// segments
lblOutput.Text += "<tr><td>";
lblOutput.Text += "Request.Url.Segments:";
lblOutput.Text += "</td><td>";
string[] segments = Request.Url.Segments;
foreach (string s in segments)
lblOutput.Text += "<b>" + s + "</b><br>";
lblOutput.Text += "</td></tr>";
lblOutput.Text += "</table>";
}