How to return html code from web api

Ravi Patel

7y20.9k.NET

Hi All,

i want to return html code from web api

i have done

public HttpResponseMessage Get()

{

string Filepath = HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath(@"~/Template1/Receipt1.html");

string Html = File.ReadAllText(Filepath);

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(Html);

var response = new HttpResponseMessage();

response.Content = new StringContent(sb.ToString());

response.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/html");

response.ReasonPhrase = "success";

return response;

}

above is working fine but i want to use IHttpActionResult

public IHttpActionResult Get()

{

string Filepath = HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath(@"~/Template1/Receipt1.html");

string Html = File.ReadAllText(Filepath);

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(Html);

// what code should i write here

return Ok();

}

5 Replies

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Rajeesh Menoth7y ago
Hi,

Please go through the following article :

https://www.strathweb.com/2013/06/ihttpactionresult-new-way-of-creating-responses-in-asp-net-web-api-2/
Puneet Kankar7y ago
please check below links for how to return html code from webapi.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38105305/how-to-return-html-page-from-webapi-action/38106167

https://peterdaugaardrasmussen.com/2017/03/11/returning-html-or-any-file-using-web-api/

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26822277/return-html-from-asp-net-web-api
public HttpResponseMessage Get()
{
    var response = new HttpResponseMessage();
    response.Content = new StringContent("Hello World");
    response.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/html");
    return response;
}
Madan Shekar7y ago
string x = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/folder/filename.html"))

return Ok (x);

check this one
Ravi Patel7y ago
thanks for reply

but i am not getting html code

here is the my resonse as per your suggestion
{
"response": {
"Version": {
"_Major": 1,
"_Minor": 1,
"_Build": -1,
"_Revision": -1
},
"Content": {
"Headers": [
{
"Key": "Content-Type",
"Value": [
"text/html"
]
}
]
},
"StatusCode": 200,
"ReasonPhrase": "success",
"Headers": [],
"RequestMessage": null,
"IsSuccessStatusCode": true
}
}
Madan Shekar7y ago
hope this will help you

public IHttpActionResult Get()

{

string Filepath = HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath(@"~/Template1/Receipt1.html");

string Html = File.ReadAllText(Filepath);

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(Html);

var response = new HttpResponseMessage();

response.Content = new StringContent(sb.ToString());

response.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/html");

response.ReasonPhrase = "success";

// what code should i write here

return Ok(new { response });

}

Thanks

if it helps pls accept the answer