# HttpRequestBase

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/httprequestbase/192259>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [July 27, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/httprequestbase/192259 "2010-07-27T09:34:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nieve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3e96dc/32.png) [@nieve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nieve)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/httprequestbase/192259/1 "2010-07-27T09:34:52Z")

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Hello all,  
I’m new to iron ruby so apologies in advance if the question is stupid.

I’ve been trying to run an example I found on the net  
([http://github.com/BenHall/Kona](http://github.com/BenHall/Kona)) and it seems that ir doesn’t like the  
inheritance from HttpRequestBase, since I get an error saying  
System::Web::HttpRequestBase is an uninitialized const… When I try  
accessing the class in cmd ir (after putting in the 'require  
web.abstraction.dll) I get the same error, while other classes from the  
same namespace work.

Any idea what was I doing wrong here?

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**Author:** ![nieve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3e96dc/32.png) [@nieve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nieve)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/httprequestbase/192259/2 "2010-07-27T10:12:20Z")

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You should call:

load\_assembly “system.web”

before using HttpRequestBase.

## Shay.

Shay F. | Microsoft Visual C#/IronRuby MVP | Author of IronRuby  
Unleashed  
Blog: [http://IronShay.com](http://IronShay.com) | Twitter: [http://twitter.com/ironshay](http://twitter.com/ironshay)

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**Author:** ![nieve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3e96dc/32.png) [@nieve](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nieve)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/httprequestbase/192259/3 "2010-07-27T10:20:04Z")

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Thanks a lot Shay!!!