Get blob's "raw" URL on disk

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Vishal Panday

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Hey Guys,

i have a property on my blocktype called Image of type URL. I'm using EPiServer CMS 8 btw and i'm a bit new to EPiServer.

[UIHint(UIHint.Image)]
        [CultureSpecific]
        public virtual Url Image { get; set; }

Now when i select my image on the block, and in my view i dont want the friendly url to the image, but i want to have the raw url (with the {guid}/{guid}.png ) on disk.

How can i retrieve that?

Because my images are being cropped by a IIS web i use on another domain. So i need the url on disk for the blob (media).

@MyBlock.Image.Path

Gives me something like /link/19130d49edd84c2483d6c44169fc1e5e.aspx but i want

\blobs\19130d49edd84c2483d6c44169fc1e5e\c58b93637cd84d7690e604a2aec03912.jpg

#120271

Apr 14, 2015 13:22

Johan Petersson

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Hi,

First you need to retrieve the MediaData item and then check if the blob is actually stored on disk (FileBlob). Something like this:

var media = UrlResolver.Current.Route(new UrlBuilder(Image)) as MediaData;

if (media != null)
{
    var fileBlob = media.BinaryData as FileBlob;

    if (fileBlob != null)
    {
        var path = fileBlob.FilePath;
    }
}

You could also change your Image from Url to ContentReference, then you don't need to use the UrlResolver and makes it easier for the editor to select an image.

#120302

Apr 14, 2015 19:44

Vishal Panday

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Thanks alot.. this did the trick... i also switched back to ContentReference for the Image property.

#120411

Apr 16, 2015 13:06

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