How to add a custom HTTP header to every WCF call?

Question

I have a WCF service that is hosted in a Windows Service. Clients that using this service must pass an identifier every time they\'re calling service methods (because that i

Answer 1

You add it to the call using:

using (OperationContextScope scope = new OperationContextScope((IContextChannel)channel))
{
    MessageHeader header = new MessageHeader("secret message");
    var untyped = header.GetUntypedHeader("Identity", "http://www.my-website.com");
    OperationContext.Current.OutgoingMessageHeaders.Add(untyped);

    // now make the WCF call within this using block
}

And then, server-side you grab it using:

MessageHeaders headers = OperationContext.Current.IncomingMessageHeaders;
string identity = headers.GetHeader("Identity", "http://www.my-website.com");