How to access HttpContext.Items from ApiController

Question

Is HttpContext.Items still considered a sane place to exchange things between different parts of a request? In particular, HttpHandler is outside MVC like WIF extension points.
How can I access this dictionary from MVC4 ApiController? Without using static methods HttpContext.Current (I still want the block to be tested). A regular controller had an HttpContextBase / Wrapper that took it a bit for testing.

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Craig celeste 04 Apr 12 at 19:47

1 answer

Alexander zeitler · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-05T11:36:20+0000

Use Request.Properties inside Web API Controller. When implementing ActionFilterAttribute it is filterContext.Request.Properties