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EPiServer CMS 12 website UrlHelper.ContentUrl(contentreference) error on reload of the page
You should be using IUrlResolver. I don't even recognize IUrlHelper, it's not part of our public APIs
Feb 22, 2023 9:11
Hi Deepa,
If you take a look inside the method ContentUrl of UrlHelper, it uses the IUrlResolver internally.
I would advise to cut the middle man and use the IUrlResolver :)
/// <summary>
/// Resolves an URL using routing for a specific <see cref="T:EPiServer.Core.ContentReference" />
/// </summary>
/// <param name="urlHelper">The URL helper instance that this method extends</param>
/// <param name="contentLink">The content reference to resolve</param>
/// <returns>The URL or an empty string</returns>
public static string ContentUrl(this IUrlHelper urlHelper, ContentReference contentLink)
{
UrlResolver requiredService = urlHelper.ActionContext.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<UrlResolver>();
if (!ContentReference.IsNullOrEmpty(contentLink))
{
string url = requiredService.GetUrl(contentLink);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(url))
return UrlEncoder.Encode(url);
}
return string.Empty;
}
Feb 22, 2023 9:13
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Hello,
Below code works just fine to fetch siteasset or globalasset path on first load for the contentreference item passed as an argument.
public static string GetFriendlyLink(ContentReference contentReference)
{
var friendlyUrl = string.Empty;
if (contentReference != null)
{
var urlHelper = ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IUrlHelper>();
friendlyUrl = urlHelper.ContentUrl(contentReference);
}
return friendlyUrl;
}
But on reload gives Value can't be Null exception for argument.
Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'provider')
at Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceProviderServiceExtensions.GetRequiredService[T](IServiceProvider provider)
Adding UrlResolver works always. Can this be switched to UrlResolver instead of UrlHelper?
Please help on this.
Thanks,
Deepa