middleware.md

Middleware

A middleware is software that's assembled into an application's pipeline to handle requests and responses.

The middleware class must include:

• A public constructor with a parameter of type RequestDelegate.
• A public method named Invoke or InvokeAsync. This method must:
  • Return a Task.
  • Accept a first parameter of type HttpContext.

Additional parameters for the constructor and Invoke/InvokeAsync are populated by dependency injection.

using System.Globalization;

namespace Middleware.Example;

public class RequestCultureMiddleware
{
    private readonly RequestDelegate _next;

    public RequestCultureMiddleware(RequestDelegate next)
    {
        _next = next;
    }

    public async Task InvokeAsync(HttpContext context)
    {
        var cultureQuery = context.Request.Query["culture"];
        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(cultureQuery))
        {
            var culture = new CultureInfo(cultureQuery);

            CultureInfo.CurrentCulture = culture;
            CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = culture;
        }

        // Call the next delegate/middleware in the pipeline.
        await _next(context);
    }
}

public static class RequestCultureMiddlewareExtensions
{
    public static IApplicationBuilder UseRequestCulture(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
    {
        return builder.UseMiddleware<RequestCultureMiddleware>();
    }
}

Program.cs:

using Middleware.Example;
using System.Globalization;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
var app = builder.Build();

app.UseHttpsRedirection();

app.UseRequestCulture();

app.Run(async (context) =>
{
    await context.Response.WriteAsync(
        $"CurrentCulture.DisplayName: {CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DisplayName}");
});

app.Run();

Links

• ↑ ASP.NET Core Middleware
• ↑ Write custom ASP.NET Core middleware