How do I get http verb attribute of an action using refection - ASP.NET Web API

Question

I have an ASP.NET Web API project. Using reflection, how can I get the Http verb ([HttpGet] in the example below) attribute which decorates my action methods?

[HttpGet]
public ActionResult Index(int id) { ... }

Assume that I have the above action method in my controller. So far, by using reflection I have been able to get a MethodInfo object of the Index action method which i have stored in a variable called methodInfo

I tried to get the http verb using the following but it did not work - returns null:

var httpVerb = methodInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof (AcceptVerbsAttribute), false).Cast<AcceptVerbsAttribute>().SingleOrDefault();

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Something I noticed:

My example above is from a ASP.NET Web API project I am working on.

It seems that the [HttpGet] is a System.Web.Http.HttpGetAttribute

but in regular ASP.NET MVC projects the [HttpGet] is a System.Web.Mvc.HttpGetAttribute

Answer 1

var methodInfo = MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod();
var attribute = methodInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ActionMethodSelectorAttribute), true).Cast<ActionMethodSelectorAttribute>().FirstOrDefault();

You were very close...

The difference is that all 'verb' attributes inherit from 'ActionMethodSelectorAttribute' including the 'AcceptVerbsAttribute' attribute.