What is HttpRequestMessage.Properties?

c# .net dotnet-httpclient
Drahcir picture Drahcir · Aug 2, 2013 · Viewed 11.6k times · Source

What is the purpose of HttpRequestMessage.Properties?

I'm wondering if it provides something useful for my application.

Answer

Der_Meister picture Der_Meister · Jan 31, 2014

In Web Api it contains some special flags: http://www.strathweb.com/2013/08/asp-net-web-api-2-and-httprequestcontext/

For example, IncludeErrorDetail, IsLocal, ClientCertificate are stored in the dictionary, but have properties for easy access.

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