I want to get the current method name of my ASP.NET Core
controller
I have tried getting the method name through reflection:
[HttpGet]
public async Task<IActionResult> CreateProcess(int catId)
{
string methodName = System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name;
but this gives me a value of MoveNext
and not CreateProcess
Take note I don't want to use the ViewContext
string methodName = ActionContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString();
as I lowercase my urls via the startup settings.The above will get me createprocess
instead of CreateProcess
I preferably want an easy one-liner and not a multiline extension method.
You can use the fact that it is not just any method but a controller and use ActionContext.ActionDescriptor.Name
property to get the action name
UPDATE: (thanks to Jim Aho)
Recent versions work with -
ControllerContext.ActionDescriptor.ActionName
In ASP.NET Core it seems to have changed and you have to use the ActionName
property
((Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Controllers.ControllerActionDescriptor)ViewContext.ActionDescriptor).ActionName;
The C# 5.0 CallerMemberName attribute may do the trick.
(I haven't tested this from an async method; it works from a regular call)
private static string GetCallerMemberName([CallerMemberName]string name = "")
{
return name;
}
Then call it from your code:
[HttpGet]
public async Task<IActionResult> CreateProcess(int catId)
{
string methodName = GetCallerMemberName();
Note that you don't need to pass anything to the method.
Use the StackTrace class snd its GetFrames until you find the one you want.
You can get it by base.ControllerContext.ActionDescriptor.ActionName
This works in .NET Core 1.0.