How to dump the whole POST data to a file in ASP.NET

asp.net request postdata
perrohunter picture perrohunter · May 15, 2009 · Viewed 13.5k times · Source

I'm currently trying to port an app from asp.net to php, however I just hit a wall and need a hand with this.

I need to dump all the data an .aspx recieves via POST to a file, but I have no clue on how to do this

any ideas ?

Answer

womp picture womp · May 15, 2009

You can use the InputStream property of the Request object. This will give you the raw data of the http request. Generally you might want to do this as a custom http handler, but I believe you can do it any time.

if (Request.RequestType == "POST")
{
    using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(Request.InputStream))
    {
        // read the stream here using reader.ReadLine() and do your stuff.
    }
}

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