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Call a method that returns html from an action method


public ActionResult MyActionMethod(MyModel model)
{
    //some code
    string myVar= ActionMethod2(model).toString();
    //use myVar
    Method3(myVar, otherVar);
}

public ActionResult ActionMethod2()(MyModel model)
{
    return View(model);
}

private  Method3(string myVar,  int otherVar)
{
    //do something;
}

As sample code, above, I have a method that returns .cshtml view, called ActionMethod2.
I want to use the returned html as a string variable in my action method.How is that possible?


Solution

  • First Mistake is ActionMethod2 return View, And you can get it directly from MyActionMethod

    protected string RenderPartialViewToString(string viewName, object model)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(viewName))
                viewName = ControllerContext.RouteData.GetRequiredString("action");
    
            ViewData.Model = model;
    
            using (var sw = new StringWriter())
            {
                ViewEngineResult viewResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView(ControllerContext, viewName);
                var viewContext = new ViewContext(ControllerContext, viewResult.View, ViewData, TempData, sw);
                viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, sw);
    
                return sw.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
            }
        }
    
    
    public ActionResult MyActionMethod(MyModel model)
    {
         //some code
         //string myVar= ActionMethod2(model).toString();
         var myVar = RenderPartialViewToString("yourviewName", model);
         //use myVar
         Method3(myVar, otherVar);
    }
    

    try this and it will work with you.