how to get the html code of the rendered div in the MVC Controller?

Question

Hi All,

I need to do convert a rendered div of a html page to pdf on-the-fly, how to get the html code of the rendered div in the MVC Controller?

Answer 1

the controller only builds the model. the view renders the html. to get the html as a string in the controller, it must directly call a view render directly. see this article:

https://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2022/Jun/21/Back-to-Basics-Rendering-Razor-Views-to-String-in-ASPNET-Core

note: the more common approach is to use javascript to render the pdf. see:

https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/examples/

Answer 2

you can use model binding

in view

@model MVC.Models.Address  
  
<div>@Html.Raw(Model.AddressDetails)</div>  

in controller

   [HttpPost]  
    public ActionResult Index(Address address)  
    {  
        string hrmlstring = address.AddressDetails  
        return View(person);  
    }