How can I save an HttpRequestMessage to file?

Question

I am using OWIN to self host an API within a WPF application. This is for a tool for a tester who doesn't want to have to enable IIS7.

Inside my Post action I want to be able to save the HTTP Request ( ApiController.Request ) to a file like I can with System.Web.HttpRequest using SaveAs .

However OWIN doesn't provide HttpContext.Current (nor HttpContext.Current.Request ), it's null , and I can't find any other way to get at a System.Web.HttpRequest .

Is there a way I can save a System.Net.Http.HttpRequestMessage to a file, or just read it as text from a Stream ?

Answer 1

You can simply serialize any HttpRequestMessage and then store it wherever you want, eg in a text file. Later, you can read the file and deserialize its contents back into an HttpRequestMessage instance.