HttpHandler not working in IIS v5.1

Question

User-1311618964 posted

I am using a simple HttpHandler, which works fine when launch from visual studio, but fails to work when deployed in IIS 5.1. 

I already have tried mapping .test extension to the ASP.NET ISAPI DLL as mentioned in the following link http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb515343.aspx  but  no luck .

 This is the code, which simply return current dateTime

public class TestHttpHandler:IHttpHandler

  {

    #region IHttpHandler Members

    public bool IsReusable

    {

      get { return true; }

    }

    public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)

    {

      context.Response.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString());

    }

    #endregion

  }

Here is my web.config settings:

<httpHandlers>                                                  

      <add verb="GET" path="*.test" validate="false"/>

</httpHandlers>

I will appreciate any  help in this matter, as I am scratching my head from last many  hours for making this work. L

Thanks

Rahul

 

 

 

 

Answer 1

User2077888689 posted

 Hi,

The web.config is missing the type attribute which is required. If your handler is placed in the App_Code, mention the type name or if it is in a seperate assembly mention the assembly name as well as in,

<add verb="GET" path="*.test" validate="false" type="MyHandlerClass, MyHandlerAssemblyName"/>

or(for code placed in App_code)

<add verb="GET" path="*.test" validate="false" type="MyHandlerClass"/>

 Make sure you have added the mapping for *.test in IIS mappings as well and also make sure that the DLL that will handle the request for this resource is aspnet_isapi.dll.

This has to work.