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In MVC3 Razor, how do I get the html of a rendered view inside an action?

I use a static method in a class I called Utilities.Common I pass views back to the client as properties of JSON objects constantly so I had a need to render them to a string. Here ya go:
public static string RenderPartialViewToString(Controller controller, string viewName, object model)
{
    controller.ViewData.Model = model;
    using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
    {
        ViewEngineResult viewResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView(controller.ControllerContext, viewName);
        ViewContext viewContext = new ViewContext(controller.ControllerContext, viewResult.View, controller.ViewData, controller.TempData, sw);
        viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, sw);

        return sw.ToString();
    }
}
This will work for full views as well as partial views, just change ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView to ViewEngines.Engines.FindView.
FindView needs another parameter (masterName) which you would specify null. Also I recommend saving and restoring (after rendering) controller.ViewData.Model in case the method is called on the current controller instance and model has been assigned before this call.

Ref : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4692131/in-mvc3-razor-how-do-i-get-the-html-of-a-rendered-view-inside-an-action

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