displaying the files that do not exist in wwwRoot folder

Question

I want to display a file using anchor tab that does not exists in root folder. How can I achieve that. I have these two anchor tabs on my cshtml page

<div>
<a href="~/DisplayFiles/Quarter4/Q4-test - Copy_231131_133432504448693604.pdf">test</a><br/>
<a href="C:\test\test6_259418_133433697138557958.pdf">test1</a>
</div>

I can easily open the first file because it exits in wwwRootfolder/ DisplayFiles/Quarter4, but I cannot display the second file because it exits in C:\test drive. In .net core, can I display a file that exists in another folder and not in wwwRoot folder.

any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi @Anjali Agarwal ,

Configure the static files middleware in Program.cs like below

app.UseStaticFiles();         // Serve files from wwwroot as usual
app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider("C:\\test"),
    RequestPath = "/RequestDisk" // URL path
});

Modify your link like below:

<a href="/RequestDisk/test6_259418_133433697138557958.pdf">test1</a>

Reference:

Serve files outside of web root

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