How can I read http request body in netcore 3 more than once?

Question

I have a netcore 3 API application that logs the incoming request and then passes it on to the controller action.

My code looks like this:

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Answer 1

It is a known issue on github.

A temp workaround is to pull out the body right after the call to EnableBuffering and then rewinding the stream to 0 and not disposing it:

public class RequestLoggingHandler : AuthorizationHandler<RequestLoggingRequirement>
{
    private readonly IHttpContextAccessor _httpContextAccessor;
    public RequestLoggingHandler(IHttpContextAccessor httpContextAccessor)
    {
        _httpContextAccessor = httpContextAccessor;
    }
    protected override Task HandleRequirementAsync(AuthorizationHandlerContext context, RequestLoggingRequirement requirement)
    {
        try
        {
            var httpContext = _httpContextAccessor.HttpContext;
            var request = httpContext.Request;
            request.EnableBuffering();

            httpContext.Items["requestId"] = SaveRequest(request);
            context.Succeed(requirement);

            return Task.CompletedTask;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            throw ex;
        }
    }
    private int SaveRequest(HttpRequest request)
    {
        try
        {
            // Allows using several time the stream in ASP.Net Core
            var buffer = new byte[Convert.ToInt32(request.ContentLength)];
            request.Body.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
            var requestContent = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer);
            var requestId = _repository.SaveRawHandlerRequest($"{request.Scheme} {request.Host}{request.Path} {request.QueryString} {requestContent}");

            request.Body.Position = 0;//rewinding the stream to 0
            return requestId;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {

            throw ex;
        }
    }
}