Get user-agent and ip in Blazor server-side app

Question

I created a server-side app with Blazor and I want get the ip and user-agent with each page request, how can I achieve that? In a .NET Core app I just need to use this code in the controller:

var userAgent  = Request.Headers["User-Agent"].ToString()

But in Blazor I can't retrieve this data.

Answer 1

User agent:

You can get it via JavaScript interop . Follow this easy steps:

On your _Host.cshtml file:

<script>
window.getUserAgent = () => {
    return navigator.userAgent;
};
</script>

To get user agent on any Blazor page:

var remoteUserAgent = await JSRuntime.InvokeAsync<string>("getUserAgent");

Notice you don't need to send user agent on each request, you can send it with your first request, all other client-side communication will be through the same socket.

Remote IP:

Bad news: "There is no a good way to do this at the moment. We will look into how we can provide make this information available to the client." more info at How do I get client IP and browser info in Blazor?

Edited Dec 31, 2019:

I guess I overthink about how to access to HttpContext . Reading some @enet comments and "How to use the HttpContext object in server-side Blazor to retrieve information about the user, user agent" post, I realize that you can access HttpContext via first request and not via SignalR requests. I mean, Blazor Server sends the App to client (browser) via Http Request, at this moment, when Blazor server app is served to client, you have access to HttpContext . I copy-paste Michael Washington 's answer here (now is removed), this answer is very closed to Soroush Asadi 's comment:

In your startup file add to ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) :

services.AddHttpContextAccessor();

In a .razor page add:

@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http
@inject IHttpContextAccessor httpContextAccessor

//Then call:

httpContextAccessor.HttpContext.Connection?.RemoteIpAddress.ToString();