How can I get the SPWebApplication for the current request from Init method in a HttpModule?
3 Answers
Is SPContext.Current not yet available at this time? You should be able to get it from this. (SPContext.Current.Site.WebApplication from the top of my head)
Be careful though as this will call into the SharePoint object model for each incoming request, which will most likely hit the database as well. This may wreak havoc on performance and scalability.
answered Mar 27, 2011 at 15:00
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The Init method is called only once per thread in the application pool. SPContext is null at this stage. In my code Init method calls another method OnStartup that does some initialization and does this only once per AppDomain. Commented Mar 28, 2011 at 20:00
What about
SPSite site = new SPSite(YOUR_SITE_COLLECTION_URL);
var webApp = site.WebApplication;
I didn't have a reason to use this, so I don't know if it works, it's just an ideea. Try it, hope it helps
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This can work but will hardcode the site collection URL. Is not an option even to read it from web.config file. Commented Apr 1, 2011 at 18:14
public void Init(HttpApplication application)
{
//This is the first event that has SPContext populated for use
application.PreRequestHandlerExecute += new EventHandler(application_PreRequestHandlerExecute);
}
Then in the application_PreRequestHandlerExceute you can access SPContext.Current.
