A boilerplate template to use for an HttpHandler <httpHandlers> <add verb="GET,POST,WHATEVER" path="SomeEndPoint.ashx" type="MyNamespace.MtHandler, MyAssemblyName" /> </httpHandlers>

boilerplate httphandler

public class MyHandler : IHttpHandler
{
    private const string CONSTSOMEPARAM = "SomeParam";

    public MyHandler(){}

    public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
    {
        // Don't allow this response to be cached by the browser.
        // Note, you MIGHT want to allow it to be cached, depending on what you're doing.
        context.Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
        context.Response.Cache.SetNoStore();
        context.Response.Cache.SetExpires(DateTime.MinValue);

        if (ValidateParameters(context) == false)
        {   
            //Internal Server Error
            context.Response.StatusCode = 500;
            context.Response.End();
            return;
        }

        if (context.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated == false)
        {
            //Forbidden
            context.Response.StatusCode = 403;
            context.Response.End();
            return;
        }

        string someParam = context.Request.QueryString[CONSTSOMEPARAM];

        SomethingReponse response = SomeService.SomeImportantThing(someParam);
        if(response.Header == null || response.Header.Success == false)
        {
            //Whatever wasn't found
            context.Response.StatusCode = 404;
            context.Response.End();
            return;
        }

        context.Response.ContentType = "somespecific/mimetype";

        context.Response.BinaryWrite();
        //or
        context.Response.Write();
        //or
        context.Response.WriteFile();
        //or
        someImageStream.Save(context.Response.OutputStream);
    }

    public bool ValidateParameters(HttpContext context)
    {
        //Validate some stuff...true if cool, false if not
        return false;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// True if this handler can be reused between calls. That's cool if you don't have any class instance data.
    /// False if you'd rather get a fresh one.
    /// </summary>
    public bool IsReusable
    {
        get
        {
            return true;
        }
  }
}