In .Net Core 2.2. I am creating a API Controller that routes the request to another Http endpoint based on payload.
[Route("api/v1")]
public class RoutesController : Controller
{
[HttpPost]
[Route("routes")]
public async Task<IActionResult> Routes([FromBody]JObject request)
{
var httpClient = new HttpClient();
// here based on request httpCLient will make `POST` or `GET` or `PUT` request
// and returns `Task<HttpResponseMessage>`. Lets assume its making `GET`
// call
Task<HttpResponseMessage> response = await
httpClient.GetAsync(request["resource"]);
/* ??? what is the correct way to return response as `IActionResult`*/
}
}
based on SO post i can do this
return StatusCode((int)response.StatusCode, response);
However i am not sure sending HttpResponseMessage
as ObjectResult
is correct way.
I also want to make sure content negotiation will work.
public class HttpResponseMessageResult : IActionResult
{
private readonly HttpResponseMessage _responseMessage;
public HttpResponseMessageResult(HttpResponseMessage responseMessage)
{
_responseMessage = responseMessage; // could add throw if null
}
public async Task ExecuteResultAsync(ActionContext context)
{
var response = context.HttpContext.Response;
if (_responseMessage == null)
{
var message = "Response message cannot be null";
throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
}
using (_responseMessage)
{
response.StatusCode = (int)_responseMessage.StatusCode;
var responseFeature = context.HttpContext.Features.Get<IHttpResponseFeature>();
if (responseFeature != null)
{
responseFeature.ReasonPhrase = _responseMessage.ReasonPhrase;
}
var responseHeaders = _responseMessage.Headers;
// Ignore the Transfer-Encoding header if it is just "chunked".
// We let the host decide about whether the response should be chunked or not.
if (responseHeaders.TransferEncodingChunked == true &&
responseHeaders.TransferEncoding.Count == 1)
{
responseHeaders.TransferEncoding.Clear();
}
foreach (var header in responseHeaders)
{
response.Headers.Append(header.Key, header.Value.ToArray());
}
if (_responseMessage.Content != null)
{
var contentHeaders = _responseMessage.Content.Headers;
// Copy the response content headers only after ensuring they are complete.
// We ask for Content-Length first because HttpContent lazily computes this
// and only afterwards writes the value into the content headers.
var unused = contentHeaders.ContentLength;
foreach (var header in contentHeaders)
{
response.Headers.Append(header.Key, header.Value.ToArray());
}
await _responseMessage.Content.CopyToAsync(response.Body);
}
}
}