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

This is similar to NimsDotNet answer but shows how to do it programmatically.

Simply add the header to the binding

var cl = new MyServiceClient();

var eab = new EndpointAddressBuilder(cl.Endpoint.Address);

eab.Headers.Add( 
      AddressHeader.CreateAddressHeader("ClientIdentification",  // Header Name
                                         string.Empty,           // Namespace
                                         "JabberwockyClient"));  // Header Value

cl.Endpoint.Address = eab.ToEndpointAddress();