Question

Is it possible to pass a Page.Request object to a Web Service?

I need a Web Service to provide data to a browser client, but I cannot retrieve this data without an object that requires Page.Request in the signature.

The alternative seems to be creating pages that take parameters in a query string and calling them with $.get(), which seems over the top.

Answer 1

Assuming the request is made over HTTP (which isn’t always the case with a WCF endpoint), you can simply use HttpContext.Current.Request in your code.

[AspNetCompatibilityRequirements( RequirementsMode = AspNetCompatibilityRequirementsMode.Allowed )]
public class MyService {

    [OperationContract]
    public string Foo() {

        var request = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request;   
    }
}