Model-bind interface property with Web API

Question

I have a command looking like:

public interface ICommand {
    // Just a marker interface
}

public interface IUserAware {
    Guid UserId { get; set; }
}

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Answer 1

public class CreateSomethingModelBinder : IModelBinder
{
    public object BindModel(ControllerContext controllerContext, ModelBindingContext bindingContext)
    {
        string key = bindingContext.ModelName;
        ValueProviderResult val = bindingContext.ValueProvider.GetValue(key);
        if (val != null)
        {
            string s = val.AttemptedValue as string;
            if (s != null)
            {
                return new CreateSomething(){Title = s; UserId = new Guid(ControllerContext.HttpContext.Request.Headers["userId"]);}
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

and add attribute on the type declaration

[ModelBinder(typeof(CreateSomethingModelBinder))]
public class CreateSomething  { ... }

Answer 2

Based on @Todd last comment, the answer to the question is:

Create a HttpParameterBinding class:

public class UserAwareHttpParameterBinding : HttpParameterBinding
{
    private readonly HttpParameterBinding _paramaterBinding;
    private readonly HttpParameterDescriptor _httpParameterDescriptor;

    public UserAwareHttpParameterBinding(HttpParameterDescriptor descriptor) : base(descriptor)
    {
        _httpParameterDescriptor = descriptor;
        _paramaterBinding = new FromBodyAttribute().GetBinding(descriptor);
    }

    public override async Task ExecuteBindingAsync(ModelMetadataProvider metadataProvider, HttpActionContext actionContext, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        await _paramaterBinding.ExecuteBindingAsync(metadataProvider, actionContext, cancellationToken);

        var baseModel = actionContext.ActionArguments[_httpParameterDescriptor.ParameterName] as IUserAware;
        if (baseModel != null)
        {
            baseModel.UserId = new Guid("6ed85eb7-e55b-4049-a5de-d977003e020f"); // Or get it form the actionContext.RequestContext!
        }
    }
}

And wire it up in the HttpConfiguration:

configuration.ParameterBindingRules.Insert(0, descriptor => typeof(IUserAware).IsAssignableFrom(descriptor.ParameterType) ? new UserAwareHttpParameterBinding(descriptor) : null);

If anyone know how this is done in .NET Core MVC - please edit this post or comment.