Update Session Values On Each Request In C#

In this article, we will learn how we can update sessions or perform similar operations on each request in C# or any language. we just need to create middleware that executes on each request. Here I’m taking an example of MVC.

In your MVC application create one class(middleware) and give a relevant name. here I’ll assign the name “SessionFilter”. Once created copy the below code and paste into that class.

using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace SessionFilterDemo.Models
{
    public class SessionFilter : ActionFilterAttribute
    {
        public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
        {

            HttpRequestBase request = filterContext.HttpContext.Request;
            if (HttpContext.Current.Session["UserInfo"] == null)
            {
                HttpContext.Current.Session["UserInfo"] = "faisal";
            }           

        }
    }
}

Now, We need to register this filter somewhere depnds on technogy. In MVC I’ll register “SessionFilter” globally in RegisterGlobalFilters method of FilterConfig.cs file.

Your FilterConfig.cs file will look like this

using SessionFilterDemo.Models;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace SessionFilterDemo
{
    public class FilterConfig
    {
        public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
        {
            filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
            filters.Add(new SessionFilter());
        }
    }
}

And you have done with it. Now whetever you want to perform in middel of request you can do with help of SessionFilter class.

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