How can I attach a header to all published messages?

Question

I have a particular header that I'd like to attach to all messages that I publish. I can attach this header on a case-by-case basis by specifying it in the Publish call:

_bus.Publish(myMessage, context => context.SetHeader("my key", "my value"));

This works fine but it becomes a chore to maintain this SetHeader call for every publish. Is there a way, during bus configuration or anywhere else, to specify a header that will be attached to all messages? That is, is there a way to do something like the following?

ServiceBusFactory.New(sbc =>
{        
    sbc.UseRabbitMq();
    sbc.ReceiveFrom(hdoQueue);

    // This is what I'd like to be able to do:
    sbc.BeforePublish(context => context.SetHeader("my key", "my value"));
});

I believe there is a solution that involves implementing IOutboundMessageInterceptor but I can't find a way to attach my interceptor. There is a ServiceBusConfigurator.AddInboundInterceptor method but not a ServiceBusConfigurator.AddOutboundInterceptor method.

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 03 '14 at 21:48

11

My intuition was correct, I was able to do what I wanted by implementing IOutboundMessageInterceptor:

public class AttachHeadersOutboundInterceptor : IOutboundMessageInterceptor
{
    public void PreDispatch(ISendContext context)
    {
        context.SetHeader("my key", "my value");
    }

    public void PostDispatch(ISendContext context)
    {
    }
}

Oddly there is no ServiceBusConfigurator.AddOutboundInterceptor method, so I just created one (by copying the code for AddInboundInterceptor from github):

public static class MassTransitExtensions
{
    public static void AddOutboundInterceptor(this ServiceBusConfigurator configurator,
        IOutboundMessageInterceptor interceptor)
    {
        var builderConfigurator = new PostCreateBusBuilderConfigurator(bus =>
        {
            var interceptorConfigurator = new OutboundMessageInterceptorConfigurator(bus.OutboundPipeline);

            interceptorConfigurator.Create(interceptor);
        });

        configurator.AddBusConfigurator(builderConfigurator);
    }
}

And then I attach it during bus configuration:

ServiceBusFactory.New(sbc =>
{        
    sbc.UseRabbitMq();
    sbc.ReceiveFrom(hdoQueue);

    sbc.AddOutboundInterceptor(new AttachHeadersOutboundInterceptor());
});

Problem solved.

answered Apr 03 '14 at 21:48

ean5533

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Any chance you did a PR for this? – BlakeH Jul 24 '14 at 19:06
@SonicTheLichen My lazy backside did not send in a patch for this. Apologies. – ean5533 Jul 25 '14 at 03:45
no worries, just curious. I appreciate the info regardless! – BlakeH Jul 30 '14 at 00:51
does this solution apply to MT3 also? (i can't seem to find how to run the following: _bus.Publish(myMessage, context => context.SetHeader("my key", "my value"));) – Tomer Yoskovich Nov 02 '15 at 11:55
@Jackl56 I couldn't say, I'm no longer working on the project that used MassTransit. – ean5533 Nov 02 '15 at 15:17
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If anyone read this: there is [middleware](http://masstransit-project.com/MassTransit/advanced/middleware/custom.html) for that in MT3. – smg Dec 02 '17 at 21:29

How can I attach a header to all published messages?

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