MVC4 - Custom Controller for all calls (including WebAPI)

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I am building an MVC4 application, where I have the normal MVC views and I have added a few WebAPI controllers. I know that the corresponding controllers exist in different namespaces (System.Web.Mvc and System.Web.Http).

So, I want to create a custom controller which will capture all incoming calls (to webpages and to WebAPI), register the call and perform authorisation, all in one class for consistency.

Is there a MVC way to do that? If this cannot be done with 1 custom controller, is there any other approach to this? Would a HttpModule be a good idea for an MVC application?

Right now, I have created 2 similar classes which derive from: System.Web.Http.ApiController and System.Web.Mvc.Controller but does not seem like a good idea, as I almost duplicate the code.

have you looked at the [Authorize] attribute? You can implement your own by inheriting from AuthorizeAttribute — Janus Pienaar, Jun 07 '17 at 11:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '17 at 11:02

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I think that for this pourpose is better to use global filters. But you will need slightly different implementations for Mvc and WebApi

See some examples here: How to add global ASP.Net Web Api Filters?

answered Jun 07 '17 at 11:02

Alfredo Fernández

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if i understood correctly, i will still have to implement 2 filters, 1 for mvc and 1 for webapi, right? – spiros Jun 07 '17 at 11:44
Yes, they'll be very similar but yes. – Alfredo Fernández Jun 07 '17 at 11:46

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '17 at 11:18

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The easiest way to implement such functionality is to create a custom HttpModule and register it with Http Pipeline.

You can find the reference to Custom HttpModule and Registration process here

answered Jun 07 '17 at 11:18

Gururaj

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@spiros - Thanks for accepting my Answer. I did not follow what you meant by more complex. – Gururaj Jun 08 '17 at 11:54
Where in the pipeline should I register my HttpModule? – spiros Nov 22 '17 at 23:12

MVC4 - Custom Controller for all calls (including WebAPI)

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