I have the following folder structure on my ASP.NET Core server (.NET5.0):
The files can be accessed as static files as https://myserver.com/MyXmlFiles/foo.xml. However, I would like to make the file available via WebApi controller action:
[HttpGet("{uri}")]
public string Get(string uri)
{
// How do I return the foo.xml file content here
// without redirection or loading it to memory?
}
You can read a content of file from the disk and return from the controller:
[HttpGet("{uri}")]
public IActionResult Get(string uri)
{
var path = GetPathFromUri(uri);
using (var stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
return new FileStreamResult(stream, "text/xml")
}
}
You have to write GetPathFromUri method that transforms uri to the physical path (e.g “MyXmlFiles/foo.xml” -> “wwwroot\MyXmlFiles\foo.xml”)
