ASP .NET MVC 3 - RequestEncoding and ResponseEncoding for a single view?

Question

I know that I am able to add the following to the web.config file in order to achieve what I am trying to achieve.

However, I only want UTF-32 for a single view, not all of them. How can I accomplish this? I know how to do it with my response:

HttpContext.Current.Response.Headers["Content-Type"] += ";charset=utf-32";

But how to do it with my request?

Edit By request, I mean the equivalent to this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hy4kkhe0.aspx. By specifying that attribute, it's possible to specify a request encoding.

It's not clear what you are trying to do.

Emre Erkan
– Emre Erkan

2011-12-20 12:42:41 +00:00
Commented Dec 20, 2011 at 12:42 — Emre Erkan
– Emre Erkan, Commented Dec 20, 2011 at 12:42

Hüseyin Cevizci · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-19 19:50:27Z

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What did you mean with "how to do it with my request?". Values in Request object are about your clients coming to your site. Do you want to make a server side request to a URL?

If you want to make a server side request you can put value to :

  WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("domain.com");
  request.ContentType = "application/xxx; charset=utf-32";
  request.GetResponse();

Edit: The values in the Request are determined by clients that request your URL. In the page you share, there is a requestEncoding attribute. But the description of the attribute says that it specifies assumed encoding. But it is clear that any request having Accept-Charset in its Header, simply override your setting. By the way, building any architecture belongs requestEncoding setting is not recommended. If you are developing a multiuser or public application, you may not decide how Request shaped.

You can also do it with UploadData method of WebClient:

WebClient wc = new WebClient();
wc.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8");
byte[] responseArray = wc.UploadData("URL_TO_POST", System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes("param1_name=param1_value&param2_name=param2_value"));
string responseText = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(responseArray);

edited Dec 19, 2011 at 19:50

answered Dec 19, 2011 at 11:37

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Mathias Lykkegaard Lorenzen Over a year ago

That's great. How can I use this as an equivalent to WebClient's UploadValues function?

Hüseyin Cevizci Over a year ago

I edited the answer with WebClient version. But you can set Content-Type parameter when using UploadData method, not UploadValues.

Mathias Lykkegaard Lorenzen Over a year ago

With the new solution, it works fine with UTF8 (but with loss of characters). As soon as I change to UTF32 it gives an error 500 on the server. I tried putting a breakpoint. It doesn't even get to the first line in the controller of that URL.

Hüseyin Cevizci Over a year ago

Mathias.. I answered what you asked first about setting header for Request object. Now you have a different issue about Encoding. Please ask a new question or try to process your project yourself.

Anders Tornblad · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-19 11:38:01Z

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The encoding of the request is decided by the client - a browser, a call to jQuery ajax(), or some app. The only thing you can do about request encoding is hope that the client performing the call/request has the decency to tell your server about its encoding correctly.

answered Dec 19, 2011 at 11:38

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Anders Tornblad Over a year ago

The link that you provided only specifies the assumed encoding for when the client does not tell you what encoding it provides. It is still a fact that it is the client that provides this. Besides, what is the problem that you need to solve?

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