HttpListenerRequest.InputStream Property
Gets a stream that contains the body data sent by the client.
Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
If the client transmits data (for example, using the HTTP POST method), the stream returned by this method contains that data.
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Closing the request does not close the stream returned by this property. When you no longer need the stream, you should close it by calling the Close method. |
This member outputs trace information when you enable network tracing in your application. For more information, see Network Tracing.
The following code example demonstrates using this property to read the data sent with a request.
public static void ShowRequestData (HttpListenerRequest request) { if (!request.HasEntityBody) { Console.WriteLine("No client data was sent with the request."); return; } System.IO.Stream body = request.InputStream; System.Text.Encoding encoding = request.ContentEncoding; System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(body, encoding); if (request.ContentType != null) { Console.WriteLine("Client data content type {0}", request.ContentType); } Console.WriteLine("Client data content length {0}", request.ContentLength64); Console.WriteLine("Start of client data:"); // Convert the data to a string and display it on the console. string s = reader.ReadToEnd(); Console.WriteLine(s); Console.WriteLine("End of client data:"); body.Close(); reader.Close(); // If you are finished with the request, it should be closed also. }
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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