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I am trying to get the application url in C#. I have tried using:

HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath

But that only returns me "/". I am trying to get the full url of application's base url, which may or may not simply be "something.com". In some cases, depending on the environment, it is "something.com/foo/bar".

How can I achieve this?

girlcode
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  • Is your application running as a virtual directory, or behind a reverse proxy? `Request.ApplicationPath` has always worked for me in the past. – Steven V Aug 05 '13 at 19:20
  • Throw a debugger somewhere and inspect `HttpContext.Current.Request` and `HttpContext.Current.Request.Url`- you'll find a ton of useful properties which give you the URL formatted lots of ways - one of them is probably going to be what you're looking for. – Joe Enos Aug 05 '13 at 19:20

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Wouldn't the RawUrl be enough for you?

If that gives you too much, you could try

VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/");
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Try this:

string baseUrl = Request.Url.Scheme + "://" + Request.Url.Authority + Request.ApplicationPath.TrimEnd('/');
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  • this much worked fine for me Request.Url.Scheme + "://" + Request.Url.Authority. +1 for this :) – tariq Mar 27 '14 at 08:37
  • This will not work when application is starting e.g. in Global.asax methods, class static initializers ... – AaA Jan 05 '23 at 02:56