System.Web.HttpContext.Current does not exist

Question

I'm trying to get some info about my users in asp.net mvc application with visual studio 2015.

When i try to to get info from request with

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current req = new System.Web.HttpContext.Current();

I get an error Error CS0426 The type name 'Current' does not exist in the type 'HttpContext'

Anyone know how to fix this?

Answer 1

Just add the System.Web reference to your project and it'll be ok.

using System.Web; does not generate an error even if the reference does not exist.

Answer 2

If you want to get the current context

System.Web.HttpContext currentContext = System.Web.HttpContext.Current;

If you want to create one (for some reason, like test)

System.Web.HttpContext newContext = new System.Web.HttpContext(
    new System.Web.HttpRequest("", "http://example.com", ""),
    new System.Web.HttpResponse(new System.IO.StringWriter())
    );