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HttpContext is a class from .NET Framework which provides information about an HTTP request.

HttpContext is a class from .NET Framework which provides information about an HTTP request.

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HttpSelfHostServer and HttpContext.Current

I'm working on a self-hosted ASP.NET web api-application. Everything works fine, but now I'm struggling with HttpContext: I need to save session-informations from the client. But HttpContext.Current is always null. So it's obvious that my…
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What's the difference between the HttpRuntime Cache and the HttpContext Cache?

I know there is a very similar question here but I was hoping to get a better explination. Why would I ever use HttpContext.Cache instead of HttpRuntime.Cache if the HttpContext really uses the HttpRuntime.Cache behind the scenes? In the article…
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ASP.NET MVC: HTTPContext and Dependency Injection

Currently I have an ActionFilter that gets the current users name from HttpContext and passes it into the action which uses it on a service method. eg: Service.DoSomething(userName); I now have a reason to do this not at the action level but the…
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Request.Url.Host and ApplicationPath in one call

Is there any way to get HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host and HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath in one call? Something like "full application url"? EDIT: Clarification - what I need is this the part within…
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How does HttpContext.Current work?

This is kind of a hard question to formulate. I'm wondering how HttpContext.Current gets assigned a unique instance for every request considering it's a static object? Thanks!
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How to setup Request.Header in FakeHttpContext for Unit Testing

I have a FakeHttpContext I have been trying to modify to include some headers for testing purposes public static HttpContext FakeHttpContext() { var httpRequest = new HttpRequest("", "http://stackoverflow/", ""); var stringWriter = new…
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Request.Url.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Authority) returns http on https site

We use Request.Url.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Authority) to get the domain part of the site. This served our requirement on http. We recently change site to https (about 3 days ago) but this still returns with http://.. Urls were all changed to https…
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Can you do HtmlDecode & HtmlEncode in Silverlight?

So since System.Web & HttpContext isn't available in Silverlight is there a way to do HtmlDecode & HtmlEncode inside a Silverlight app without some horrendous Regex?
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Determine the URL hostname without using HttpContext.Current?

Using the current request I can get the URL hostname with: HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.Host But - I need to determine the URL hostname without using the current request (HttpContext.Current). The reason for this is that my code is called from a…
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Unit Testing Web Services - HttpContext

I want to write unit tests for a web service. I create my test project, reference my web project (not service reference, assembly reference), then write some code to test the web services - they work fine. However, there are some services which make…
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Unified static class between HttpContext and SignalR HubCallerContext

I have a lot of code that depends on HttpContext.Current, and I noticed that requests that come from SignalR hubs have HttpContext.Current == null, so my code breaks, for example: HttpContext.Current.Request.IsAuthenticated So I came up with…
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adding header to http response in an action inside a controller in asp.net/mvc

I am streaming data from server to client for download using filestream.write. In that case what is happening is that I am able to download the file but it does not appear as download in my browser. Neither the pop-up for "Save As" appears not…
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HttpContext.Current.Session unclear behaviour boolean

I'm having a weird behaviour trying to get the value of a boolean property stored at HttpContext.Current.Session. The object is a boolean. First I'm trying to check if the object exists and, if exists, use it. I'm trying to use it in a ?: operator…
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Injecting HttpContext in Ninject 2

In my asp.net mvc application I'm using Ninject as a DI framework. My HttpAccountService is used by my controllers to get info from and to cookies. For this I need the HttpContext.Current in the HttpAccountService. As this is a dependency I injected…
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Storing data in HttpContext.Current.Items vs ViewData

When is it appropriate to store data in HttpContext.Current.Items[...] vs storing data in ViewData[...]? I'm trying to figure out the best practices for storing data in this collection and I'm not sure if it's safe to store user-specific data in…
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