How to I get the value of a custom soap header in WCF
- by Jason Coyne
I have created a custom soap header, and added it into my message via IClientMessageInspector
public object BeforeSendRequest(ref System.ServiceModel.Channels.Message request, System.ServiceModel.IClientChannel channel)
{
var header = new MessageHeader<AuthHeader>();
header.Content = new AuthHeader(Key);
header.Actor = "Anyone";
var header2 = header.GetUntypedHeader("Auth", "xWow");
request.Headers.Add(header2);
return null;
}
[DataContract(Name="Auth")]
public class AuthHeader
{
public AuthHeader(string key)
{
this.Key = key;
}
[DataMember]
public string Key { get; set; }
}
I also have an IDispatchMessageInspector, and I can find the correct header in the list. However, there is no value. I know that the value went across the wire correctly, because the message string is correct
<s:Envelope xmlns:s=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\">\r\n <s:Header>\r\n <Auth s:actor=\"Anyone\" xmlns=\"xWow\" xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\r\n <Key xmlns=\"http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/xWow.Lib\">HERE IS MY KEY VALUE!!!!</Key>\r\n </Auth>\r\n <To s:mustUnderstand=\"1\" xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/05/addressing/none\">http://localhost:26443/AuthService.svc</To>\r\n <Action s:mustUnderstand=\"1\" xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2005/05/addressing/none\">http://tempuri.org/IAuthService/GetPayload</Action>\r\n </s:Header>\r\n <s:Body>\r\n <GetPayload xmlns=\"http://tempuri.org/\" />\r\n </s:Body>\r\n</s:Envelope>"
But there does not seem to be any property to retrieve this value. The MessageHeaderInfo class has Actor, etc, but nothing else useful I can find.
On the client side I had to convert between Header and Untyped header, is there an equivalent operation on the server?
