How to add a custom HTTP header to every WCF call?

Question

I have a WCF service that is hosted in a Windows Service. Clients that using this service must pass an identifier every time they\'re calling service methods (because that i

Answer 1

Here is another helpful solution for manually adding custom HTTP Headers to your client WCF request using the ChannelFactory as a proxy. This would have to be done for each request, but suffices as a simple demo if you just need to unit test your proxy in preparation for non-.NET platforms.

// create channel factory / proxy ...
using (OperationContextScope scope = new OperationContextScope(proxy))
{
    OperationContext.Current.OutgoingMessageProperties[HttpRequestMessageProperty.Name] = new HttpRequestMessageProperty()
    {
        Headers = 
        { 
            { "MyCustomHeader", Environment.UserName },
            { HttpRequestHeader.UserAgent, "My Custom Agent"}
        }
    };    
    // perform proxy operations... 
}