How can you get the "real" HttpContext within an ASP.NET MVC application?

asp.net-mvc, elmah

Solution

Try `System.Web.HttpContext.Current`. It should do the trick.

Gets HTTP-specific information about an individual HTTP request.

MSDN

Problem

Unfortunately, I need to do this. I'm using ELMAH for my error log. Before I route to my error.aspx view, I have to grab the default ELMAH error log so I can log the exception. You used to be able to use ``` Elmah.ErrorLog.Default ``` However, this is now marked as obsolete. The compiler directs me to use the method ``` Elmah.ErrorLog.GetDefault(HttpContext context) ``` MVC's context is of type HttpContextBase, which enables us to mock it (YAY!). How can we deal with MVC-unaware libraries that require the old style HttpContext?

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