Parsing “multipart/form-data” in .NET/C#

Question

Got a .NET/C# question...

I need to parse some input post data thats in a \"multipart/form-data\" format to extract the passed username and password. Anyone know how to

Answer 1

Marc's got it. The easiest way to use the ASP.NET compatibility requirements mode is to apply the AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode attribute on your operation. Then you have access to the HttpContext form params. Here's how you'd go about it:

        [OperationContract]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "POST", 
                    UriTemplate = "Login", 
                    BodyStyle = WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare)]
        [AspNetCompatibilityRequirements(RequirementsMode = 
                    AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Required)]
        public Stream Login(Stream input)
        {
            string username = HttpContext.Current.Request.Params["username"];
            string password = HttpContext.Current.Request.Params["password"];
        }

Answer 2

Could you not post to a regular ASP.NET page (perhaps an ashx/handler, or MVC) and just use Request.Form? This supports multi-part.