Detect if action is a POST or GET method

Question

In MVC 3, is it possible to determine if an action is a result of a POST or GET method? I know you can decorate the actions with [HttpPost] and [HttpGet] to fire a specific

Answer 1

The HttpMethod property on the HttpRequest object will get it for you. You can just use:

if (HttpContext.Current.Request.HttpMethod == "POST")
{
    // The action is a POST.
}

Or you can get the Request object straight off of the current controller. It's just a property.

Answer 2

Its better to compare it with HttpMethod Property rather than a string. HttpMethod is available in following namespace:

using System.Net.Http;

if (HttpContext.Request.HttpMethod == HttpMethod.Post.Method)
 {
 // The action is a post
 }

Answer 3

If you're like me and prefer not to use a string literal (.net core 2.2 middleware using DI):

public async Task InvokeAsync(HttpContext context)
{
    if (context.Request.Method.Equals(HttpMethods.Get, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
    {
        …
    }
}

Answer 4

To detect this in ASP.NET Core:

if (Request.Method == "POST") {
    // The action is a POST
}