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title: "What is HTTPhandler?"  
description: "What is HTTPhandler?"  
author: "Abhay Srivastava"  
published: 2017-11-15  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30672/what-is-httphandler  
category: "programming"  
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# What is HTTPhandler?

What is HTTPhandler?

## Answers

### Answer by Arti Mishra

**"HttpHandler"**In an ASP.NET framework, HttpHandler is **used to handle the specific request based on file extensions**.It is a **special type of class** that **implements the System.Web.IHttpHandler interface.** And When IHttpHandler **receive the request from the web browser**, it checks the extension of the file and handles the request Or perform some operation based on that requests. Generally, it is an **extension based processor** that is responsible for fulfilling the request from a browser and also based on their file extension. **Request** **Response**![What is HTTPhandler?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/5c211e0d-b508-42c1-ae58-e5d2c99c6d90/images/fc7359ac-a1d0-4e8c-b230-1be3c3e47467.png)\
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**Here we describe the few HttpHandler and their file extension-** ![What is HTTPhandler?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/5c211e0d-b508-42c1-ae58-e5d2c99c6d90/images/18c250fc-be92-467a-820c-34d422e9cade.png)\
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**Example-** namespace CustomHttpHandler{ public class MyHttpHandler : IHttpHandler { public bool IsHandler { get { return false; } } public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } }} \


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