I tried:
private const string HttpContext = "MS_HttpContext";
private const string RemoteEndpointMessage = "System.ServiceModel.Channels.RemoteEndpointMessageProperty";
public static string GetClientIpAddress(HttpRequestMessage request)
{
if (request.Properties.ContainsKey(HttpContext))
{
dynamic ctx = request.Properties[HttpContext];
if (ctx != null)
{
return ctx.Request.UserHostAddress;
}
}
if (request.Properties.ContainsKey(RemoteEndpointMessage))
{
dynamic remoteEndpoint = request.Properties[RemoteEndpointMessage];
if (remoteEndpoint != null)
{
return remoteEndpoint.Address;
}
}
return null;
}
according to:
Retrieving the client's IP address in ASP.Net Web API
this is the combined approach which should be valid for self host and webapi host. Unfortunately I get null
instead of the IP address.
I'm trying locally so I'd expect 127.0.0.1
or localhost
as the IP address
Here is an expanded version of what you have that works for me.
static class HttpRequestMessageExtensions {
private const string HttpContext = "MS_HttpContext";
private const string RemoteEndpointMessage = "System.ServiceModel.Channels.RemoteEndpointMessageProperty";
private const string OwinContext = "MS_OwinContext";
public static string GetClientIpString(this HttpRequestMessage request) {
//Web-hosting
if (request.Properties.ContainsKey(HttpContext)) {
dynamic ctx = request.Properties[HttpContext];
if (ctx != null) {
return ctx.Request.UserHostAddress;
}
}
//Self-hosting
if (request.Properties.ContainsKey(RemoteEndpointMessage)) {
dynamic remoteEndpoint = request.Properties[RemoteEndpointMessage];
if (remoteEndpoint != null) {
return remoteEndpoint.Address;
}
}
//Owin-hosting
if (request.Properties.ContainsKey(OwinContext)) {
dynamic ctx = request.Properties[OwinContext];
if (ctx != null) {
return ctx.Request.RemoteIpAddress;
}
}
if (System.Web.HttpContext.Current != null) {
return System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.UserHostAddress;
}
// Always return all zeroes for any failure
return "0.0.0.0";
}
public static IPAddress GetClientIpAddress(this HttpRequestMessage request) {
var ipString = request.GetClientIpString();
IPAddress ipAddress = new IPAddress(0);
if (IPAddress.TryParse(ipString, out ipAddress)) {
return ipAddress;
}
return ipAddress;
}
}
Assuming you are in a controller the above extension method allows for calls like:
HttpRequestMessage request = this.Request;
var ip = request.GetClientIpString();