I have a requirement to capture the HTTP User Agent header coming in from a device, take the value and remove a 'uuid' This UUID can then be used to direct the device to the correct location to give it the files relevant to the device.
In webforms I was able to get it using
Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]; //inside of Page_Load method
How would I go about this in MVC?
.Net 6 and above, this is how it works:
Request.Headers.TryGetValue("Auth-Token", out StringValues headerValues);
string jsonWebToken = headerValues.FirstOrDefault();
I prefer the new syntax which is more concise:
[HttpGet]
public async Task<IActionResult> GetAuth(FromHeader(Name = "Auth-Token")] string jwt) {
Headers without hypens -'s don't need the Name, they map automagically:
[HttpGet]
public async Task<IActionResult> GetAuth([FromHeader]string host) {
If there is anyone like me, who Googled to see how to get the Content-Type HTTP request header specifically, it's fairly easy:
Request.ContentType