Hi,
Using the current HTTP Context, how can I see the content of the current POST request that has just been posted to the server?
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A:
HttpContext.Current.Request.Form is a collection of name value pairs for posted content. I assume this is what you want rather than the raw post data...
Edit to add: My curiosity piqued I decided to go look for the raw post data. It seems there is a .InputStream property on the request object that "Gets the contents of the incoming HTTP entity body". I suspect this will be the raw data.
Chris
2010-07-15 15:27:17
Usually this would work, but in this case I am trying to evaluate the request from a WCF web service. The post content is just one xml chunk, no name value pairs.
SilverSurfer
2010-07-15 15:30:45
@SilverSurfer: Hopefully you saw my updated answer with the .InputSTream property. Does this allow you to do what you want? A bit of a faff having to work with a stream rather than just getting a string but hopefully it will do what you want...
Chris
2010-07-15 15:46:19
A:
the firebug extension of firefox lets you see exactly what is posted to the server. not sure if that's helpful to you or not.
Patricia
2010-07-15 15:32:37
The request is not posted via a browser. It's originating from a third party client program.
SilverSurfer
2010-07-15 15:36:56
Yes, I should have, sorry... BTW: I haven't downvoted your post. Even I would have wanted to, my account wouldn't let me.
SilverSurfer
2010-07-15 18:14:26
A:
If you're speaking from a test/eval perspective. Use Fiddler. Assuming your WCF isnt doing anythign too fancy/non-standard, you can see the content of the request/response bodies.
Now from a code perspective, you'd need to access the Post content and parse through it as has been mentioned
Taylor
2010-07-15 15:34:06
The request is not posted via a browser. It's originating from a third party client program.
SilverSurfer
2010-07-15 15:37:15
.NET client services running on windows utilize the Win32 INET api to make their calls, which is what Fiddler analyses. Thats exactly why I recommended it OVER Firebug, which is a browser-only tool. Try the tool next time, before you get all overly zealous with the down-rank :)
Taylor
2010-07-15 18:06:35
I haven't downvoted your post. I can't even do that with only one point on my account.
SilverSurfer
2010-07-15 18:12:57
considering the question, this was a good answer. no need for it to be downvoted. +1 to counter the downvote :)
Patricia
2010-07-15 18:38:02
interesting. Sorry for the assumption. Try Fiddler though, I use it for debugging WCF client<>server interactions
Taylor
2010-07-15 20:03:35