Converting Raw HTTP Request into HTTPWebRequest Object

Question

In .NET is it possible to convert a raw HTTP request to HTTPWebRequest object?

I\'m sure .NET internally doing it. Any idea which part of the .NET is actually handli

Answer 1

Its possible now, but only with .Net Core 2.0+. Use Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http.HttpParser class:

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http;
using System;
using System.Buffers;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

public class Program : IHttpRequestLineHandler, IHttpHeadersHandler
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string requestString =
@"POST /resource/?query_id=0 HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
User-Agent: custom
Accept: */*
Connection: close
Content-Length: 20
Content-Type: application/json

{""key1"":1, ""key2"":2}";
        byte[] requestRaw = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(requestString);
        ReadOnlySequence buffer = new ReadOnlySequence(requestRaw);
        HttpParser parser = new HttpParser();
        Program app = new Program();
        Console.WriteLine("Start line:");
        parser.ParseRequestLine(app, buffer, out var consumed, out var examined);
        buffer = buffer.Slice(consumed);
        Console.WriteLine("Headers:");
        parser.ParseHeaders(app, buffer, out consumed, out examined, out var b);
        buffer = buffer.Slice(consumed);
        string body = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer.ToArray());
        Dictionary bodyObject = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject>(body);
        Console.WriteLine("Body:");
        foreach (var item in bodyObject)
            Console.WriteLine($"key: {item.Key}, value: {item.Value}");
        Console.ReadKey();
    }

    public void OnHeader(Span name, Span value)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"{Encoding.UTF8.GetString(name)}: {Encoding.UTF8.GetString(value)}");
    }

    public void OnStartLine(HttpMethod method, HttpVersion version, Span target, Span path, Span query, Span customMethod, bool pathEncoded)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"method: {method}");
        Console.WriteLine($"version: {version}");
        Console.WriteLine($"target: {Encoding.UTF8.GetString(target)}");
        Console.WriteLine($"path: {Encoding.UTF8.GetString(path)}");
        Console.WriteLine($"query: {Encoding.UTF8.GetString(query)}");
        Console.WriteLine($"customMethod: {Encoding.UTF8.GetString(customMethod)}");
        Console.WriteLine($"pathEncoded: {pathEncoded}");
    }
}

Output:

Start line:
method: Post
version: Http11
target: /resource/?query_id=0
path: /resource/
query: ?query_id=0
customMethod:
pathEncoded: False
Headers:
Host: example.com
User-Agent: custom
Accept: */*
Connection: close
Content-Length: 20
Content-Type: application/json
Body:
key: key1, value: 1
key: key2, value: 2