Capture the size of the response (in bytes) of a WebAPI method call
Is there a way to do this in WebAPI without reinventing the wheel? I can easily get the size of the object returned via WebAPI, but of course there are headers and serialization overhead. Since we are charged by bandwidth utilization, I'd like to know how big our responses are, but there does not seem to be an obvious mechanism for doing so.
EDIT
To be clear, I am looking for a way to do this programatically, so that I can report, analyze, and predict usage, and so I don't get caught by surprise with a bill.
c# asp.net asp.net-mvc asp.net-mvc-4 asp.net-web-api
asked Feb 21 '14 at 12:48
Jeremy Holovacs
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Is there a way to do this in WebAPI without reinventing the wheel? I can easily get the size of the object returned via WebAPI, but of course there are headers and serialization overhead. Since we are charged by bandwidth utilization, I'd like to know how big our responses are, but there does not seem to be an obvious mechanism for doing so.
EDIT
To be clear, I am looking for a way to do this programatically, so that I can report, analyze, and predict usage, and so I don't get caught by surprise with a bill.
c# asp.net asp.net-mvc asp.net-mvc-4 asp.net-web-api
asked Feb 21 '14 at 12:48
Jeremy Holovacs
11.9k2175183
add a comment |
Is there a way to do this in WebAPI without reinventing the wheel? I can easily get the size of the object returned via WebAPI, but of course there are headers and serialization overhead. Since we are charged by bandwidth utilization, I'd like to know how big our responses are, but there does not seem to be an obvious mechanism for doing so.
EDIT
To be clear, I am looking for a way to do this programatically, so that I can report, analyze, and predict usage, and so I don't get caught by surprise with a bill.
c# asp.net asp.net-mvc asp.net-mvc-4 asp.net-web-api
asked Feb 21 '14 at 12:48
Jeremy Holovacs
11.9k2175183
Is there a way to do this in WebAPI without reinventing the wheel? I can easily get the size of the object returned via WebAPI, but of course there are headers and serialization overhead. Since we are charged by bandwidth utilization, I'd like to know how big our responses are, but there does not seem to be an obvious mechanism for doing so.
EDIT
To be clear, I am looking for a way to do this programatically, so that I can report, analyze, and predict usage, and so I don't get caught by surprise with a bill.
c# asp.net asp.net-mvc asp.net-mvc-4 asp.net-web-api
c# asp.net asp.net-mvc asp.net-mvc-4 asp.net-web-api
asked Feb 21 '14 at 12:48
Jeremy Holovacs
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asked Feb 21 '14 at 12:48
Jeremy Holovacs
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Here is a message handler that can get the sizes you are looking for,
public class ResponseSizeHandler : DelegatingHandler
{
protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var response = await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
if (response.Content != null)
{
await response.Content.LoadIntoBufferAsync();
var bodylength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
var headerlength = response.Headers.ToString().Length;
}
return response;
}
}
Just add an instance of this handler as the first message handler.
config.MessageHandlers.Add(new ResponseSizeHandler());
Don't be concerned by the LoadIntoBufferAsync, unless you actually do streaming content then almost all content is buffered by the host anyway, so doing it a little earlier in the pipeline will not add any extra overhead.
edited Oct 28 '15 at 17:41
Yuval Itzchakov
112k26168237
answered Feb 21 '14 at 14:16
Darrel Miller
111k27166223
Where Can i found config.MessageHandlers.Add in Web Api Core 2?
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 10:17
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You can use Chrome F12 Developer Tools and its Network Tab or Fiddler tool to get the Content-Length of a particular HTTP Response.
In Chrome (for example) -
In Fiddler (for example) -
UPDATE
In Web API you can have a DelegatingHandler to record the response, and in DelegatingHandler you can have like this to get the ContentLength, in face you can get all the headers and response also -
return base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken).ContinueWith((task) =>
{
HttpResponseMessage response = task.Result;
var contentLength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
return response;
});
answered Feb 21 '14 at 13:11
ramiramilu
14.6k43959
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I want to capture this programmatically, from within the ASP.NET framework.
– Jeremy Holovacs
Feb 21 '14 at 13:45
@JeremyHolovacs, I updated my answer.
– ramiramilu
Feb 21 '14 at 14:17
In Web api core2 i dont have HttpRequestMessage, I have only HttpContext and HttpRequest.
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 11:33
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Here is a message handler that can get the sizes you are looking for,
public class ResponseSizeHandler : DelegatingHandler
{
protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var response = await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
if (response.Content != null)
{
await response.Content.LoadIntoBufferAsync();
var bodylength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
var headerlength = response.Headers.ToString().Length;
}
return response;
}
}
Just add an instance of this handler as the first message handler.
config.MessageHandlers.Add(new ResponseSizeHandler());
Don't be concerned by the LoadIntoBufferAsync, unless you actually do streaming content then almost all content is buffered by the host anyway, so doing it a little earlier in the pipeline will not add any extra overhead.
edited Oct 28 '15 at 17:41
Yuval Itzchakov
112k26168237
answered Feb 21 '14 at 14:16
Darrel Miller
111k27166223
Where Can i found config.MessageHandlers.Add in Web Api Core 2?
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 10:17
add a comment |
Here is a message handler that can get the sizes you are looking for,
public class ResponseSizeHandler : DelegatingHandler
{
protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var response = await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
if (response.Content != null)
{
await response.Content.LoadIntoBufferAsync();
var bodylength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
var headerlength = response.Headers.ToString().Length;
}
return response;
}
}
Just add an instance of this handler as the first message handler.
config.MessageHandlers.Add(new ResponseSizeHandler());
Don't be concerned by the LoadIntoBufferAsync, unless you actually do streaming content then almost all content is buffered by the host anyway, so doing it a little earlier in the pipeline will not add any extra overhead.
edited Oct 28 '15 at 17:41
Yuval Itzchakov
112k26168237
answered Feb 21 '14 at 14:16
Darrel Miller
111k27166223
Where Can i found config.MessageHandlers.Add in Web Api Core 2?
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 10:17
add a comment |
Here is a message handler that can get the sizes you are looking for,
public class ResponseSizeHandler : DelegatingHandler
{
protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var response = await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
if (response.Content != null)
{
await response.Content.LoadIntoBufferAsync();
var bodylength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
var headerlength = response.Headers.ToString().Length;
}
return response;
}
}
Just add an instance of this handler as the first message handler.
config.MessageHandlers.Add(new ResponseSizeHandler());
Don't be concerned by the LoadIntoBufferAsync, unless you actually do streaming content then almost all content is buffered by the host anyway, so doing it a little earlier in the pipeline will not add any extra overhead.
edited Oct 28 '15 at 17:41
Yuval Itzchakov
112k26168237
answered Feb 21 '14 at 14:16
Darrel Miller
111k27166223
Here is a message handler that can get the sizes you are looking for,
public class ResponseSizeHandler : DelegatingHandler
{
protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var response = await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
if (response.Content != null)
{
await response.Content.LoadIntoBufferAsync();
var bodylength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
var headerlength = response.Headers.ToString().Length;
}
return response;
}
}
Just add an instance of this handler as the first message handler.
config.MessageHandlers.Add(new ResponseSizeHandler());
Don't be concerned by the LoadIntoBufferAsync, unless you actually do streaming content then almost all content is buffered by the host anyway, so doing it a little earlier in the pipeline will not add any extra overhead.
edited Oct 28 '15 at 17:41
Yuval Itzchakov
112k26168237
answered Feb 21 '14 at 14:16
Darrel Miller
111k27166223
edited Oct 28 '15 at 17:41
Yuval Itzchakov
112k26168237
edited Oct 28 '15 at 17:41
Yuval Itzchakov
112k26168237
edited Oct 28 '15 at 17:41
Yuval Itzchakov
112k26168237
112k26168237
answered Feb 21 '14 at 14:16
Darrel Miller
111k27166223
answered Feb 21 '14 at 14:16
Darrel Miller
111k27166223
answered Feb 21 '14 at 14:16
Darrel Miller
111k27166223
111k27166223
Where Can i found config.MessageHandlers.Add in Web Api Core 2?
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 10:17
add a comment |
Where Can i found config.MessageHandlers.Add in Web Api Core 2?
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 10:17
Where Can i found config.MessageHandlers.Add in Web Api Core 2?
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 10:17
Where Can i found config.MessageHandlers.Add in Web Api Core 2?
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 10:17
add a comment |
You can use Chrome F12 Developer Tools and its Network Tab or Fiddler tool to get the Content-Length of a particular HTTP Response.
In Chrome (for example) -
In Fiddler (for example) -
UPDATE
In Web API you can have a DelegatingHandler to record the response, and in DelegatingHandler you can have like this to get the ContentLength, in face you can get all the headers and response also -
return base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken).ContinueWith((task) =>
{
HttpResponseMessage response = task.Result;
var contentLength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
return response;
});
answered Feb 21 '14 at 13:11
ramiramilu
14.6k43959
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I want to capture this programmatically, from within the ASP.NET framework.
– Jeremy Holovacs
Feb 21 '14 at 13:45
@JeremyHolovacs, I updated my answer.
– ramiramilu
Feb 21 '14 at 14:17
In Web api core2 i dont have HttpRequestMessage, I have only HttpContext and HttpRequest.
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 11:33
add a comment |
You can use Chrome F12 Developer Tools and its Network Tab or Fiddler tool to get the Content-Length of a particular HTTP Response.
In Chrome (for example) -
In Fiddler (for example) -
UPDATE
In Web API you can have a DelegatingHandler to record the response, and in DelegatingHandler you can have like this to get the ContentLength, in face you can get all the headers and response also -
return base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken).ContinueWith((task) =>
{
HttpResponseMessage response = task.Result;
var contentLength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
return response;
});
answered Feb 21 '14 at 13:11
ramiramilu
14.6k43959
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I want to capture this programmatically, from within the ASP.NET framework.
– Jeremy Holovacs
Feb 21 '14 at 13:45
@JeremyHolovacs, I updated my answer.
– ramiramilu
Feb 21 '14 at 14:17
In Web api core2 i dont have HttpRequestMessage, I have only HttpContext and HttpRequest.
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 11:33
add a comment |
You can use Chrome F12 Developer Tools and its Network Tab or Fiddler tool to get the Content-Length of a particular HTTP Response.
In Chrome (for example) -
In Fiddler (for example) -
UPDATE
In Web API you can have a DelegatingHandler to record the response, and in DelegatingHandler you can have like this to get the ContentLength, in face you can get all the headers and response also -
return base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken).ContinueWith((task) =>
{
HttpResponseMessage response = task.Result;
var contentLength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
return response;
});
answered Feb 21 '14 at 13:11
ramiramilu
14.6k43959
You can use Chrome F12 Developer Tools and its Network Tab or Fiddler tool to get the Content-Length of a particular HTTP Response.
In Chrome (for example) -
In Fiddler (for example) -
UPDATE
In Web API you can have a DelegatingHandler to record the response, and in DelegatingHandler you can have like this to get the ContentLength, in face you can get all the headers and response also -
return base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken).ContinueWith((task) =>
{
HttpResponseMessage response = task.Result;
var contentLength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
return response;
});
answered Feb 21 '14 at 13:11
ramiramilu
14.6k43959
edited Feb 21 '14 at 14:17
answered Feb 21 '14 at 13:11
ramiramilu
14.6k43959
answered Feb 21 '14 at 13:11
ramiramilu
14.6k43959
answered Feb 21 '14 at 13:11
ramiramilu
14.6k43959
14.6k43959
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I want to capture this programmatically, from within the ASP.NET framework.
– Jeremy Holovacs
Feb 21 '14 at 13:45
@JeremyHolovacs, I updated my answer.
– ramiramilu
Feb 21 '14 at 14:17
In Web api core2 i dont have HttpRequestMessage, I have only HttpContext and HttpRequest.
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 11:33
add a comment |
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I want to capture this programmatically, from within the ASP.NET framework.
– Jeremy Holovacs
Feb 21 '14 at 13:45
@JeremyHolovacs, I updated my answer.
– ramiramilu
Feb 21 '14 at 14:17
In Web api core2 i dont have HttpRequestMessage, I have only HttpContext and HttpRequest.
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 11:33
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I want to capture this programmatically, from within the ASP.NET framework.
– Jeremy Holovacs
Feb 21 '14 at 13:45
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I want to capture this programmatically, from within the ASP.NET framework.
– Jeremy Holovacs
Feb 21 '14 at 13:45
@JeremyHolovacs, I updated my answer.
– ramiramilu
Feb 21 '14 at 14:17
@JeremyHolovacs, I updated my answer.
– ramiramilu
Feb 21 '14 at 14:17
In Web api core2 i dont have HttpRequestMessage, I have only HttpContext and HttpRequest.
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 11:33
In Web api core2 i dont have HttpRequestMessage, I have only HttpContext and HttpRequest.
– Drakoo
Nov 21 at 11:33
add a comment |
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