gistfile1.txt

using System.IO;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;

namespace MendozaDM.Core.Helpers
{
    public static class TransformationHelper
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Renders a named razor view from a given model.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="context">The context.</param>
        /// <param name="viewName">Name of the view.</param>
        /// <param name="model">The model.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static string RenderRazorViewToString(ControllerContext context, string viewName, object model)
        {
            using (var sw = new StringWriter())
            {
                var viewResult = System.Web.Mvc.ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView(context, viewName);
                var viewContext = new ViewContext(context, viewResult.View, new ViewDataDictionary(model), new TempDataDictionary(), sw);
                viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, sw);

                return sw.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
            }
        }

        public static ControllerContext GetFakeControllerContext(HttpContextBase httpContextBase)
        {
            var factory = DependencyResolver.Current.GetService<IControllerFactory>() ?? new DefaultControllerFactory();
            var controller = factory.CreateController(new RequestContext(httpContextBase, new RouteData()), "Fake") as FakeController;

            var route = new RouteData();
            route.Values.Add("controller", "Fake");

            var newContext = new ControllerContext(new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current), route, controller);

            controller.ControllerContext = newContext;

            return controller.ControllerContext;
        }
    }

    public class FakeController : Controller
    {
        ActionResult Fake()
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

TransformationHelper.RenderRazorViewToString(TransformationHelper.GetFakeControllerContext(new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current)), "~/Views/Partials/myView.cshtml", myModel);

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