asp.net web api - Microsoft Web API: How do you do a Server.MapPath? -

since microsoft web api isn't mvc, cannot this:

var = request.mappath("~");

nor this

var b = server.mappath("~");

because these under system.web namespace, not system.web.http namespace.

so how figure out relative server path in web api ?
used in mvc:

var myfile = request.mappath("~/content/pics/" + filename);

which give me absolute path on disk:

"c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mywebfolder\content\pics\mypic.jpg"

you can use hostingenvironment.mappath in context system.web objects httpcontext.current not available (e.g static method).

var mappedpath = system.web.hosting.hostingenvironment.mappath("~/somepath");

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