Name

InputStream

Synopsis

inputstream = Request.InputStream

Returns a Stream object containing the body of the incoming HTTP request.

Parameters

inputstream

An Object variable of type Stream.

Example

The example uses a byte array to search for a specified character and then copies that character and the remaining contents of the stream to a string. The @ Import directive shown in the example should be placed at the top of the page: 

<% @ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
  
Sub Page_Load(  )
   Dim InStream As Stream
   Dim iCounter, StreamLength, iRead As Integer
   Dim OutString As String
   Dim Found As Boolean
  
   InStream = Request.InputStream
   StreamLength = CInt(InStream.Length)
   Dim ByteArray(StreamLength) As Byte
   iRead = InStream.Read(ByteArray, 0, StreamLength)
   InStream.Close(  )
  
   For iCounter = 0 to StreamLength - 1
      If Found = True Then
         OutString &= Chr(ByteArray(iCounter))
      End If
      If Chr(ByteArray(iCounter)) = "A" Then
         Found = True
         OutString &= Chr(ByteArray(iCounter))
      End If
   Next iCounter
  
   Message.Text = "Output: " & OutString
End Sub

The following code can be used to post to the example page:

<html>
   <head>
   </head>
<body>
   <form id="form1" action="InputStream.aspx" method="POST">
      <h3>Name:</h3>
      <input type="text" name="name">
      <input type="submit">
   </form>
</body>
</html>

The code returns as output the first capital A appearing in the request body. Any characters after it are returned to the end of the stream.

Notes

This property is useful if you wish to perform byte-level filtering of the request body. ...

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