How to dynamically grab the Content folder directory?

Question

My question is the same as the title: how to create a variable that points to the Content folder?

I have a file there and I want to access it. I tried so but unsuccessfully:

StreamReader file =
new StreamReader(@"~/Content/tb_ocupacao.txt", Encoding.GetEncoding("iso-8859-1"));

Answer 1

Use Server.MapPath

If you’re going to use the code on a controller

var caminho = Server.MapPath("~/Content");
var file = new StreamReader($"{caminho}/tb_ocupacao.txt", 
                              Encoding.GetEncoding("iso-8859-1"));

If you’re gonna use it outside

var caminho = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Content");
var file = new StreamReader($"{caminho}/tb_ocupacao.txt", 
                              Encoding.GetEncoding("iso-8859-1"));