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How to get the body of a HTTP Request using C#
private string GetDocumentContents(System.Web.HttpRequestBase Request)
{
string documentContents;
using (Stream receiveStream = Request.InputStream)
{
using (StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader(receiveStream, Encoding.UTF8))
{
documentContents = readStream.ReadToEnd();
}
}
return documentContents;
}
@yushifeiyang
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thanks

@houseofcat
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houseofcat commented Apr 19, 2018

public async static Task<string> GetBodyContentAsStringAsync(HttpRequestBase request)
{
    string content = string.Empty;

    using (Stream receiveStream = request.InputStream)
    using (StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader(receiveStream, request.ContentEncoding))
    { content = await readStream.ReadToEndAsync(); }

    return content;
}

Thanks, and modernized.

Also, depending on your system this is avaliable:

var rawMessage = await Request.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

@winperec
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You should be careful with disposing! if you look at native BinaryRead method - it uses InputStream as well but does not dispose it.

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