How do I render a ASP.NET MVC Razor View to a string in 2023?

Question

I have a razor view and I want to store the compiled version in a string and send a mail containing it

I've tried this :

string body = Engine.Razor.RunCompile(template,"templateKey",null,model);

but I received this error:

Could not load type 'System.Security.Principal.WindowsImpersonationContext

Your question doesn't make much sense. What do you mean by "compiled version?" Do you just want to send an email containing a razor view's rendered content? — Robert Harvey, Feb 16 '23 at 11:14
@RobertHarvey yes, I want to send an email containing the rendered content — Vlad Pirvan, Feb 16 '23 at 11:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 16 '23 at 11:37

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Maybe you can look here https://www.learnrazorpages.com/advanced/render-partial-to-string and see how to get razor view to string.

After you get razor view as html string you can use that string as body for email.

answered Feb 16 '23 at 11:37

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 16 '23 at 11:56

Also for sending emails you may use xsl templates and bing xml data wıth template and create your html content

private string getEMailBodyAccountForgetPassword(User User)
{
    string recieverName = User.Name;
    string validationKey = User.ValidationKey;
    string applicationDisplayName = applicationName;
    string resetLink = $"{host}/account/resetpassword/start/{validationKey}";
    string template = emailTemplateRootPath + "\\Account\\ForgetPassword\\ForgetPassword.xsl";

    string xmlData = "<email>";
    xmlData += $"<recievername>{recieverName}</recievername>";
    xmlData += $"<link>{resetLink}</link>";
    xmlData += $"<applicationdisplayname>{applicationDisplayName}</applicationdisplayname>";
    xmlData += "</email>";

    string body = Fabrikafa.Common.Functions.BindXslData(xmlData, template);

    return body;
}

Here is the bind method:

public static string BindXslData(string XmlData, string XslFile)
{
    string empty = string.Empty;
    XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
    xmlDocument.LoadXml(XmlData);
    XslCompiledTransform xslCompiledTransform = new XslCompiledTransform();
    xslCompiledTransform.Load(XslFile);
    XPathNavigator input = xmlDocument.CreateNavigator();
    StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(stringBuilder);
    xslCompiledTransform.Transform(input, xmlWriter);
    xmlWriter.Close();
    return stringBuilder.ToString();
}

Here is the xsl template:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
                xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
                exclude-result-prefixes="msxsl">

    <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes"/>

    <xsl:template match="@* | node() | /">
        <html>
            <head>
                <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=PT+Sans" rel="stylesheet"/>
                <style>
                    body {
                    font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif;
                    }
                </style>
            </head>
            <body>
                <div>
                    <img src="https://eu2.contabostorage.com/80ec950384cb46a8bf00f0e75660cedf:fabrikafa.content/Logo/apps/Yoneticim.EmailProviders-Logo-sm.png" /><br/>

                    <h2>
                        <xsl:value-of select="//email/applicationdisplayname"/> - Password Reset
                    </h2>
                    Dear <xsl:value-of select="//email/recievername"/>,<br/>
                    <br/>

                    To reset your password, please click link below.<br/>
                    <br/><br/>

                    <a href="https://{//email/link}" target="_blank">
                        https://<xsl:value-of select="//email/link"/>
                    </a>
                    <br/>
                    <br/>
                    <br/>
                    <b>
                        <xsl:value-of select="//email/applicationdisplayname"/> Team
                    </b>
                </div>
            </body>
        </html>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

XSL templates are not maintainable unless you have an XSL expert on staff, which is rare. Razor pages already have this templating capability. — Robert Harvey, Feb 16 '23 at 12:25

How do I render a ASP.NET MVC Razor View to a string in 2023?

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