How to get controller and action name in OnActionExecuting?

asp.net Problem Overview

Is it possible to figure out the currently executing controller/action in OnActionExecuting?

asp.net Solutions

Solution 1 - asp.net

You could try the ActionDescriptor of the ActionExecutingContext as follows:

protected override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
{
   string actionName = filterContext.ActionDescriptor.ActionName;
   string controllerName = filterContext.ActionDescriptor.ControllerDescriptor.ControllerName
   .....
   base.OnActionExecuting(filterContext);
}

Solution 2 - asp.net

You can use ActionDescriptor of ActionExecutingContext

protected override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
{
    var descriptor = filterContext.ActionDescriptor;
    var actionName = descriptor.ActionName;
    var controllerName = descriptor.ControllerDescriptor.ControllerName;
    ......
    base.OnActionExecuting(filterContext);
}

Solution 3 - asp.net

You could look at the RouteData:

    Request.RequestContext.RouteData.Values["Controller"];
    Request.RequestContext.RouteData.Values["Action"];

Solution 4 - asp.net

For ASP.NET Core, Use the following,

var controllerName = ((ControllerBase)filterContext.Controller)
   .ControllerContext.ActionDescriptor.ControllerName;
var actionName = ((ControllerBase)filterContext.Controller)
   .ControllerContext.ActionDescriptor.ActionName;

Solution 5 - asp.net

ActionExecutingContext context this is going to be your context....

var actionName = ((Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Controllers.ControllerActionDescriptor)context.ActionDescriptor).ActionName;
var controllerName = ((Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Controllers.ControllerActionDescriptor)context.ActionDescriptor).ControllerName;

Solution 6 - asp.net

var controllerName = (string)routingValues["controller"];

var actionName = (string)routingValues["action"];

Solution 7 - asp.net

I guess you use Attributes (e.g. ActionFilterAttribute), if it so, you can get

action name form attribute constructor:

    public CustomProfileAttribute([CallerMemberName]  string caller = null)
    {
        _actionName = caller;
    }

controller name:

    public CustomProfileAttribute([CallerMemberName]  string caller = null)
    {
        _controllerName = context.Controller.ToString()

or both controller and action:

    public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext context)
    {
        var controllerAndAction = context.ActionDescriptor.DisplayName;

but in such case you will have som ugly name like controller.action (action)

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