BeginRequest-like filter in MVC 3?

Question

I have some code in my application that I need to execute on every request, before anything else executes (even before authentication). So far I\'ve been us

Answer 1

You could do this in the Initialize method of a base controller.

Another possibility is to register a global filter:

public class MyGlobalFilter : ActionFilterAttribute
{
    public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
    {
        // that's gonna be hit
    }
}

and in the RegisterGlobalFilters event of your Global.asax:

public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
{
    filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
    filters.Add(new MyGlobalFilter());
}