How to make static contents accessible only from View

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Hi All,

I have static contents(image,videos,etc) inside my folder(say staticcontents).(ASP MVC3)

Is there is any way to make it accessible only from view and not accessible via Url of the content say "www.mydomain/staticcontents/filename".

To serve it from View i am using @Url.Content("AbsolutePathofContent").

In short, I want to expose my static files from a particularfolder only from the View(ASP MVC) and not from Url.

Thanks and Regards

Posted 7-Oct-15 17:39pm

scud.corsair

Updated 7-Oct-15 17:45pm

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Suvabrata Roy 8-Oct-15 0:39am

Only from view or only authenticated users can view those images / static content?

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Manas_Kumar · Answer 1 · 2015-10-07T18:57:00

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As you are using MVC 3 -> go to global.asax -> go to method RegisterRoutes() and put following code:

C#

routes.IgnoreRoute("staticcontents/{*file}.pdf");
routes.IgnoreRoute("staticcontents/{*file}.dat");
routes.IgnoreRoute("staticcontents/{*file}.gif");

Here it is ignoring files for .pdf, .dat, .gif files. You can change if you have other file format extension.

Posted 7-Oct-15 18:57pm

Manas_Kumar

Updated 7-Oct-15 19:00pm

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Suvabrata Roy 8-Oct-15 1:13am

This will allow users to download files without any action filters but I dont think he is asking for the same...