Waqas Ahmad — Software Architect & Technical Consultant

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Middleware

Definition

Component that handles HTTP requests and responses; receives RequestDelegate and can call next, modify, or short-circuit.

As defined in the knowledge graph

Can receive dependencies via constructor in ASP.NET Core. — From: Dependency Injection in .NET Core: In-Depth with Code Examples
Pipeline component; can check feature flags before executing next step. — From: Feature Flags and Toggles in .NET
Pipeline component that can add correlation and trace context to requests. — From: Observability for .NET on Azure
ASP.NET Core middleware; OTel instrumentation adds span for request. — From: OpenTelemetry and Distributed Tracing in .NET
Alternative to action filter for idempotency; run early in pipeline. — From: REST API Versioning and Idempotency: In-Depth with .NET Examples
Pipeline; authentication and authorization middleware run per request. — From: Securing .NET APIs: Auth, Rate Limiting, and Headers

Related concepts

ASP.NET Core Authorization Constructor Injection Correlation ID Idempotency Infrastructure Pipeline Traceparent

Articles mentioning this concept

Dependency Injection in .NET Core: In-Depth with Code Examples .NET Core Middleware and Pipeline: In-Depth with Code Examples Feature Flags and Toggles in .NET Observability for .NET on Azure OpenTelemetry and Distributed Tracing in .NET REST API Versioning and Idempotency: In-Depth with .NET Examples Securing .NET APIs: Auth, Rate Limiting, and Headers