Intercept POST command from ASP.NET

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My window console application performs a batch processing job ina certain interval of time. It post (HTTP "POST") data in xmlformat to my ASP.NET application. My question is:

1. How does my ASP.NET application detects if a data is posted toit ? Is there any event driven stuffs that the ASP.NETapplication can deal with when a POST is detected ? Put itsimply, my ASP.NET app should always be in "listening" mode. Atthe moment, I am looking into HTTP handler. Am I going for theright direction ?

2. How do I extract the xml data posted(by the consoleapplication) from ASP.NET app ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

The ASP.NET architecture uses HTTP Handlers, Modules, etc., to handle
requests, POST or GET. If you need to intercept the POST, you will have to
write your own custom Handler/Module. The MS Press book (from the ASP.NET
team book) has a diagram of where you will intercept with different types of
derived classes.

Short answer: You are on the right track if you want to use ASP.NET.

If you are dealing with XML, consider setting up a web service instead. You
can have this "service" as ASMX (served by IIS generally) or as a Remoting
class, which can decouple from HTTP and use any port (better idea, a bit
harder to program).

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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