HttpContext.Current.Session is null in Ashx file

Question

I saw some questions (Here and Here) but they do not answer my question. I am trying to call Ajax using \"ajax.ashx\" file, and in function to access Session. For some reas

Answer 1

You must add on your handler the IRequiresSessionState on the declaration of it as:

public class YourHandleName : IHttpHandler, IRequiresSessionState 
{
...

by default the handlers are not connected with the session to keep them minimum, by adding the IRequiresSessionState you attach them with the session.