Building e-Commerce Sites with the .NET Framework

HttpRequest

The HttpRequest object (Request) enables ASP.NET applications to read HTTP values sent by a client during a Web request. ASP.NET adds more than 25 new methods and properties. Some new functionality includes file uploading support, text and stream writer support, filter stream support, and write file support. Tables C.2 and C.3 show some of the new Request object's properties and methods.

Table C.2. New HttpRequest Properties

Property	Description
AcceptTypes	Returns an array of the MIME types the client accepts
ApplicationPath	Returns the application's virtual path
Browser	Returns an HttpBrowserCapabilities object for gathering information about the client's browser
ContentEncoding	Returns the client's encoding type
ContentType	Returns ...