I am fairly new to c# and would like to know how values can be called from a file instead of statically hard coding it in the class. I know in java spring boot applications we can have it in application.properties files. In my case I have the db hostname, username and pwd stored in a file
namespace NunitTestCase
{
[TestFixture]
public class Test
{
string query = "SELECT * FROM SYSTEM.ADMIN.EMPLOYEE";
string host = "vm1.test.app.com"; //want these data in a file
int port = 5480;
string dbName = "SYSTEM";
string userName = "admin";
string password = "password";
[Test]
public void TestCase()
{
var builder = new ConnectionStringBuilder();
builder.UserName = userName;
builder.Password = password;
builder.Port = port;
builder.Host = host;
builder.Database = dbName;
using (var con = new Connection(builder.ConnectionString))
{
con.Open();
NUnit.Framework.Assert.That(con.State == ConnectionState.Open);
using (var cmd = new Command(query, con))
{
var rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
while (rdr.Read())
{
for (int i = 0; i < rdr.FieldCount; i++)
{
object o = null;
try
{
o = rdr.GetValue(i);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
o = ex.Message;
}
Console.WriteLine(o);
}
}
}
con.Close();
NUnit.Framework.Assert.That(con.State == ConnectionState.Closed);
}
}
}
}
file.yaml
database:
host: "vm1.test.app.com"
port: 5480
dbName: "SYSTEM"
userName: "admin"
password: "password"
How do I make changes in my code so that instead of hardcoding, these values can be picked up from the file
Traditionally, in .net we store configuration in .json/.xml files and C# supports built-in functionality to parse it, but as far as you are using .YAML file you can install the library to parse this file:
YAMLDotNet
and use this to parse.
public class Database {
public string Host { get; set; }
public string Port { get; set; }
public string DbName { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string Password { get; set; }
}
public class Configuration
{
public Database Database { get; set; }
}
var yamlString = File.ReadAllText(#"...\file.yaml");
var deserializer = new DeserializerBuilder().WithNamingConvention(new CamelCaseNamingConvention()).Build();
var config = deserializer.Deserialize<Configuration>(yamlString);
If you don't want to use any libraries you can parse it manually, so create a class which reflects your model in YAML, something like:
Function to get the value of a property:
public string GetValueOfPropertyYaml(string yamlStr) {
return yamlStr?.Split(":")?.Skip(1)?.FirstOrDefault()?.Trim() ?? string.Empty;
}
Main code:
string[] yamlStringArray = File.ReadAllLines(#"..\file.yaml");
var config = new Database();
foreach (var yamlStr in yamlStringArray) {
if (yamlStr.Contains("host:")) {
config.Host = GetValueOfPropertyYaml(yamlStr);
}
if (yamlStr.Contains("port:"))
{
config.Port = GetValueOfPropertyYaml(yamlStr);
}
if (yamlStr.Contains("dbName:"))
{
config.DbName = GetValueOfPropertyYaml(yamlStr);
}
if (yamlStr.Contains("userName:"))
{
config.UserName = GetValueOfPropertyYaml(yamlStr);
}
if (yamlStr.Contains("password:"))
{
config.Password = GetValueOfPropertyYaml(yamlStr);
}
}
;
// use filled `config` variable below.
your model:
public class Database
{
public string Host { get; set; }
public string Port { get; set; }
public string DbName { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string Password { get; set; }
}
NOTE: I highly recommend you to use library, because it was already tested and worked perfectly(my method should be tested properly)
Related
Hi everyone I am new to programming, I am currently trying to create a web service to retrieve the customer information in my database but currently I am unable to solve this error, someone please help me
CustAccounts.svc.cs
public class CustAcc : ICustAccounts
{
[WebMethod]
[ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]
public List<CustAcc> GetCustAccJSON()
{
List<CustomerAccountDAL> abc = new List<CustomerAccountDAL>();
CustomerAccountDAL caDAL = new CustomerAccountDAL();
List<CustAcc> allAcc = new List<CustAcc>();
allAcc = caDAL.retrieveCustAccount();
//caDAL.retrieveCustAccount();
return allAcc;
}
}
CustomerAccountDAL.cs
public List<CustAcc> retrieveCustAccount()
{
List<CustAcc> acc = new List<CustAcc>();
using (SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(con))
{
string jString = "Select * from CustDB";
SqlCommand jCmd = new SqlCommand(jString, myConnection);
myConnection.Open();
using (SqlDataReader rr = jCmd.ExecuteReader())
{
while (rr.Read())
{
CustAcc accounts = new CustAcc();
custEmail = rr["custEmail"].ToString();
custPassword = rr["custPassword"].ToString();
acc.Add(accounts);
}
myConnection.Close();
}
}
return acc;
}
CustAcc.cs
public class CustAcc
{
public string custFullName { get; set; }
public string custPreferredName { get; set; }
public string custPassword { get; set; }
public string custEmail { get; set; }
public string custPhoneNumber { get; set; }
public string message { get; set; }
public CustAcc(string custName, string custFullName, string custPreferredName, string custPassword, string custEmail, string custPhoneNumber)
{
this.custFullName = custFullName;
this.custPreferredName = custPreferredName;
this.custPassword = custPassword;
this.custEmail = custEmail;
this.custPhoneNumber = custPhoneNumber;
}
public CustAcc()
{
this.custEmail = custEmail;
this.custPassword = custPassword;
}
}
Move your Model classes to their own assembly called Model and reference the assembly in both the WS and website assemblies.
You will also need to setup the Service reference in your website to look for the Service types in the Model assembly (it's an option in the Add Service Reference wizard).
I wrote very simple class, that perfom data access.
It checks if line with that day exist in table and update her or create a new line.
public class DataAccessClass
{
public static DayWeather GetDayWeather(DateTime date)
{
try
{
using (var db = new Context())
{
var query =
(from day in db.DayWeather
where ((DateTime)day.DateOfDay).Date == date.Date
select new DayWeather((short)day.Temperature, (ushort)day.WindSpeed, (ushort)day.Pressure, (ushort)day.Humidity, day.Cloudiness, day.TypeRecip, (DateTime)day.DateOfDay)).First();
return query;
}
}
catch (Exception exp)
{
if (!EventLog.SourceExists("DataAccessSource"))
{
EventLog.CreateEventSource("DataAccessSource", "DataAccessErrorLog");
}
EventLog.WriteEntry("DataAccessSource", exp.Message);
throw new Exception("Problem with data get.");
}
}
public static void SaveDayWeather(DayWeather day)
{
try
{
using (var db = new Context())
{
var existingDay =
(from d in db.DayWeather
where ((DateTime)day.DateOfDay).Date == day.DateOfDay.Date
select d).SingleOrDefault<DayWeather>();
if (existingDay != null)
{
existingDay.Temperature = day.Temperature;
existingDay.WindSpeed = day.WindSpeed;
existingDay.Pressure = day.Pressure;
existingDay.Humidity = day.Humidity;
existingDay.Cloudiness = day.Cloudiness;
existingDay.TypeRecip = day.TypeRecip;
db.SaveChanges();
}
else
{
DayWeather newDay = new DayWeather();
newDay.DateOfDay = day.DateOfDay;
newDay.Temperature = day.Temperature;
newDay.WindSpeed = day.WindSpeed;
newDay.Pressure = day.Pressure;
newDay.Humidity = day.Humidity;
newDay.Cloudiness = day.Cloudiness;
newDay.TypeRecip = day.TypeRecip;
db.DayWeather.Add(newDay);
db.SaveChanges();
}
}
}
It use EF for generate database. The Contex class and class for save look like this:
public class DayWeather
{
public short Temperature { get; set; }
public ushort WindSpeed { get; set; }
public ushort Pressure { get; set; }
public ushort Humidity { get; set; }
public string Cloudiness { get; set; }
public string TypeRecip { get; set; }
public DateTime DateOfDay { get; set; }
public DayWeather(short Temperature, ushort WindSpeed, ushort Pressure, ushort Humidity, string Cloudiness, string TypeRecip, DateTime Date)
{
this.Temperature = Temperature;
this.WindSpeed = WindSpeed;
this.Pressure = Pressure;
this.Humidity = Humidity;
this.Cloudiness = Cloudiness;
this.TypeRecip = TypeRecip;
this.DateOfDay = Date;
}
public DayWeather()
{
}
}
internal class Context : DbContext
{
public DbSet<DayWeather> DayWeather { get; set; }
}
I call this methods by this code:
DataAccessClass.SaveDayWeather(new DayWeather(12, 12, 12, 12, "Yes", "rain", DateTime.Now));
DayWeather day = DataAccessClass.GetDayWeather(DateTime.Now);
Console.WriteLine(day.ToString());
Console.ReadKey();
It should generate new database, but error occurs. In message it write that can`t connect to the SQL Server.
Is somebody know what is wrong?
P.S. Sorry for my bad English.
P.P.S. I added EF by NuGet.
You can manually specify the connection string as follows
using (var db = new Context("connectionString"))
The default constructor looks up a connection string in the web.config with the same name as the derived context class Context.
If it fails to find one it defaults to
Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;
or
Data Source=(LocalDb)\v11.0;
depending on the version of sql server you are using.
i have populated data reader from db table and i have class like
public class CandidateApplication
{
public string EmailID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string PhoneNo { get; set; }
public string CurrentLocation { get; set; }
public string PreferredWorkLocation { get; set; }
public int RoleApplingFor { get; set; }
public string CurrentJobTitle { get; set; }
public int EducationLevel { get; set; }
public decimal SalaryExpected { get; set; }
public string AvailableTime { get; set; }
public int AdvertID { get; set; }
public bool SignForAlert { get; set; }
public string CVInText { get; set; }
public string CVFileName { get; set; }
public bool IsDownloaded { get; set; }
public string specialization { get; set; }
public bool isallocated { get; set; }
public int id { get; set; }
public string AdvertAdditionalInfo { get; set; }
}
i can populate the above class in loop. we can iterate in data reader and populate class but i want to know is there any short cut way to populate class from data reader.
if data deserialization is possible from data reader to class then also tell me if few fields are there in class which are not there in data reader then how to handle the situation.
You don't need to use a Data Reader, You could just Populate the Data into a DataTable, and use the below method to create a List of your CandidateApplication Class.
The Call :-
List<CandidateApplication> CandidateList = GetCandidateInformation();
The Method that generates the list :-
public List<CandidateApplication> GetCandidateInformation()
{
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
using (OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["con"]))
{
using (OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand("SELECT * FROM [TableName]", con))
{
var adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter();
adapter.SelectCommand = cmd;
con.Open();
adapter.Fill(dt);
var CandApp = (from row in dt.AsEnumerable()
select new CandidateApplication
{
EmailID = row.Field<string>("EmailID"),
Name = row.Field<string>("Name"),
PhoneNo = row.Field<string>("PhoneNo"),
CurrentLocation = row.Field<string>("CurrentLocation"),
PreferredWorkLocation = row.Field<string>("PreferredWorkLocation"),
RoleApplingFor = row.Field<int>("RoleApplingFor"),
CurrentJobTitle = row.Field<string>("CurrentJobTitle"),
EducationLevel = row.Field<int>("EducationLevel "),
SalaryExpected = row.Field<decimal>("SalaryExpected"),
AvailableTime = row.Field<string>("AvailableTime"),
AdvertID = row.Field<int>("AdvertID"),
SignForAlert = row.Field<bool>("SignForAlert"),
CVInText = row.Field<string>("CVInText"),
CVFileName = row.Field<string>("CVFileName"),
IsDownloaded = row.Field<bool>("IsDownloaded"),
Specialization = row.Field<string>("Specialization"),
Isallocated = row.Field<bool>("Isallocated"),
Id = row.Field<int>("Id"),
AdvertAdditionalInfo = row.Field<string>("AdvertAdditionalInfo")
}).ToList();
return CandApp;
}
}
}
Although not an answer to your question, I would suggest you to consider the following workaround, which uses a SqlDataAdapter instead of a data reader:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var cs = "YourConnectionString";
var xml = "";
using (var con = new SqlConnection(cs))
using (var c = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM CandidateApplication", con))
{
con.Open();
using (var adapter = new SqlDataAdapter(c))
{
var ds = new DataSet("CandidateApplications");
ds.Tables.Add("CandidateApplication");
adapter.Fill(ds, ds.Tables[0].TableName);
xml = ds.GetXml();
}
}
// We need to specify the root element
var rootAttribute = new XmlRootAttribute();
// The class to use as the XML root element (should match the name of
// the DataTable in the DataSet above)
rootAttribute.ElementName = "CandidateApplications";
// Initializes a new instance of the XmlSerializer class that can
// serialize objects of the specified type into XML documents, and
// deserialize an XML document into object of the specified type.
// It also specifies the class to use as the XML root element.
// I chose List<CandidateApplication> as the type because I find it
// easier to work with (but CandidateApplication[] will also work)
var xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<CandidateApplication>), rootAttribute);
// Deserialize the XML document contained by the specified TextReader,
// in our case, a StringReader instance constructed with xml as a parameter.
List<CandidateApplication> results = xs.Deserialize(new StringReader(xml));
}
}
For those properties that are missing in the retrieved data, you could declare a private field with a default value:
string _advertAdditionalInfo = "default";
public string AdvertAdditionalInfo
{
get
{
return _advertAdditionalInfo;
}
set
{
_advertAdditionalInfo = value;
}
}
If you would like to enforce that the retrieved data will not fill in a specific property, use:
[XmlIgnoreAttribute]
public string AdvertAdditionalInfo { get; set; }
I made a generic function for converting the SELECT result from an OleDbCommand to a list of classes.
Let's say that I have a class that looks like this, which maps to the columns in the database:
internal class EconEstate
{
[Column(Name = "basemasterdata_id")]
public Guid BaseMasterDataId { get; set; }
[Column(Name = "basemasterdata_realestate")]
public Guid? BaseMasterDataRealEstate { get; set; }
[Column(Name = "business_area")]
public string BusinessArea { get; set; }
[Column(Name = "profit_centre")]
public int ProfitCentre { get; set; }
[Column(Name = "rentable_area")]
public decimal RentableArea { get; set; }
}
Then I can get a list of those EconEstate objects using this code:
public void Main()
{
var connectionString = "my connection string";
var objects = ReadObjects<EconEstate>(connectionString, "EMBLA.EconEstates").ToList();
}
private static IEnumerable<T> ReadObjects<T>(string connectionString, string tableName) where T : new()
{
using (var connection = new OleDbConnection(connectionString))
{
connection.Open();
using (var command = new OleDbCommand($"SELECT * FROM {tableName};", connection))
{
var adapter = new OleDbDataAdapter
{
SelectCommand = command
};
var dataTable = new DataTable();
adapter.Fill(dataTable);
foreach (DataRow row in dataTable.Rows)
{
var obj = new T();
foreach (var propertyInfo in typeof(T).GetProperties())
{
var columnAttribute = propertyInfo.GetCustomAttributes().OfType<ColumnAttribute>().First();
var value = row[columnAttribute.Name];
var convertedValue = ConvertValue(value, propertyInfo.PropertyType);
propertyInfo.SetValue(obj, convertedValue);
}
yield return obj;
}
}
}
}
private static object ConvertValue(object value, Type targetType)
{
if (value == null || value.GetType() == typeof(DBNull))
{
return null;
}
if (value.GetType() == targetType)
{
return value;
}
var underlyingTargetType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(targetType) ?? targetType;
if (value is string stringValue)
{
if (underlyingTargetType == typeof(int))
{
return int.Parse(stringValue);
}
else if (underlyingTargetType == typeof(decimal))
{
return decimal.Parse(stringValue);
}
}
var valueType = value.GetType();
var constructor = underlyingTargetType.GetConstructor(new[] { valueType });
var instance = constructor.Invoke(new object[] { value });
return instance;
}
As you can see, the code is generic, making it easy to handle different tables and classes.
I am having trouble with the representation of a date in JSON. I am using Service Stack as a web service to get the data from. My code on the server side is as follows:
public object Execute(GetNoPatientList request)
{
NoPatientList _noPatientList = new NoPatientList();
List<string> _noMatchPatientList = new List<string>();
List<NoPatientList> _newList = new List<NoPatientList>();
try
{
using (SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection(Database.WaldenWebConnection))
{
cn.Open();
using (SqlCommand cm = cn.CreateCommand())
{
cm.CommandText = "select [DateTimeStamp] as DateCreated,[ID],[PatientMRN],[FirstName],[MiddleName]"
+ " ,[LastName],convert(varchar,[DOB],101) as DOB,[Sex],[Note],[Source] as Interface"
+ " from PatientNoMatch"
+ " where FoundMatch = 'F'"
+ " and Show = 'T'"
+ " order by DateTimeStamp desc";
SqlDataReader dr = cm.ExecuteReader();
while (dr.Read())
{
NoPatientList _noPatientList1 = new NoPatientList();
_noPatientList1.PatientMRN = dr["PatientMRN"].ToString();
_noPatientList1.FirstName = dr["FirstName"].ToString();
_noPatientList1.MiddleName = dr["MiddleName"].ToString();
_noPatientList1.LastName = dr["LastName"].ToString();
_noPatientList1.DOB = dr["DOB"].ToString();
_noPatientList1.Sex = dr["Sex"].ToString();
_noPatientList1.Note = dr["Note"].ToString();
_noPatientList1.DateCreated = dr.GetDateTime(0);
_noPatientList1.Interface = dr["Interface"].ToString();
_newList.Add(_noPatientList1);
}
return _newList;
}
}
}
catch
{
return _newList;
}
}
The type is represented as follows:
[DataContract]
public class NoPatientList
{
[DataMember]
public string ID { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string PatientMRN { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string FirstName { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string MiddleName { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string LastName { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string Sex { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string DOB { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string Note { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public DateTime DateCreated { get; set; }
[DataMember]
public string Interface { get; set; }
}
The web service is being consumed by a Silverlight application from the following call:
/InterfaceUtility/servicestack/json/syncreply/
The Silverlight application is processing the code into a grid using the following code
private void GetNoPatientMatchData()
{
try
{
gridViewNoMatch.ItemsSource = null;
}
catch { }
_client = new WebClient();
_client.OpenReadCompleted += (a, f) =>
{
if (!f.Cancelled && f.Error == null)
{
_listOfNoPatientsMatches = new List<NoPatientList>();
MemoryStream _memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
f.Result.CopyTo(_memoryStream);
_memoryStream.Position = 0;
StreamReader _streamReader = new StreamReader(_memoryStream);
string _memoryStreamToText = _streamReader.ReadToEnd();
List<NoPatientList> _deserializedNoPatientList = (List<NoPatientList>)Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(_memoryStreamToText, typeof(List<NoPatientList>));
gridViewNoMatch.ItemsSource = _deserializedNoPatientList;
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show(f.Error.Message,
"Error", MessageBoxButton.OK);
}
};
_client.OpenReadAsync(new Uri(_serviceUri + "getnopatientlist"));
The issue is that the times on DateTime field appear to always 6 hours off.
Any ideas as to what is going on?
This is probably a time zone issue. Check that:
Your webservice is returning you dates/times in UTC format.
Your code is parsing these dates/times as UTC dates and times.
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I have an ASP.NET website written in C#.
On this site I need to automatically show a start page based on the user's location.
Can I get name of user's city based on the IP address of the user ?
You need an IP-address-based reverse geocoding API... like the one from ipdata.co. I'm sure there are plenty of options available.
You may want to allow the user to override this, however. For example, they could be on a corporate VPN which makes the IP address look like it's in a different country.
Use http://ipinfo.io , You need to pay them if you make more than 1000 requests per day.
The code below requires the Json.NET package.
public static string GetUserCountryByIp(string ip)
{
IpInfo ipInfo = new IpInfo();
try
{
string info = new WebClient().DownloadString("http://ipinfo.io/" + ip);
ipInfo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IpInfo>(info);
RegionInfo myRI1 = new RegionInfo(ipInfo.Country);
ipInfo.Country = myRI1.EnglishName;
}
catch (Exception)
{
ipInfo.Country = null;
}
return ipInfo.Country;
}
And the IpInfo Class I used:
public class IpInfo
{
[JsonProperty("ip")]
public string Ip { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("hostname")]
public string Hostname { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("city")]
public string City { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("region")]
public string Region { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("country")]
public string Country { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("loc")]
public string Loc { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("org")]
public string Org { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("postal")]
public string Postal { get; set; }
}
Following Code work for me.
Update:
As I am calling a free API request (json base ) IpStack.
public static string CityStateCountByIp(string IP)
{
//var url = "http://freegeoip.net/json/" + IP;
//var url = "http://freegeoip.net/json/" + IP;
string url = "http://api.ipstack.com/" + IP + "?access_key=[KEY]";
var request = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(url);
using (WebResponse wrs = request.GetResponse())
{
using (Stream stream = wrs.GetResponseStream())
{
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
string json = reader.ReadToEnd();
var obj = JObject.Parse(json);
string City = (string)obj["city"];
string Country = (string)obj["region_name"];
string CountryCode = (string)obj["country_code"];
return (CountryCode + " - " + Country +"," + City);
}}}
return "";
}
Edit :
First, it was http://freegeoip.net/ now it's https://ipstack.com/ (and maybe now it's a paid service- Free Up to 10,000 request/month)
IPInfoDB has an API that you can call in order to find a location based on an IP address.
For "City Precision", you call it like this (you'll need to register to get a free API key):
http://api.ipinfodb.com/v2/ip_query.php?key=<your_api_key>&ip=74.125.45.100&timezone=false
Here's an example in both VB and C# that shows how to call the API.
I have tried using http://ipinfo.io and this JSON API works perfectly. First, you need to add the below mentioned namespaces:
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
For localhost it will give dummy data as AU. You can try hardcoding your IP and get results:
namespace WebApplication4
{
public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string VisitorsIPAddr = string.Empty;
//Users IP Address.
if (HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"] != null)
{
//To get the IP address of the machine and not the proxy
VisitorsIPAddr = HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"].ToString();
}
else if (HttpContext.Current.Request.UserHostAddress.Length != 0)
{
VisitorsIPAddr = HttpContext.Current.Request.UserHostAddress;`enter code here`
}
string res = "http://ipinfo.io/" + VisitorsIPAddr + "/city";
string ipResponse = IPRequestHelper(res);
}
public string IPRequestHelper(string url)
{
string checkURL = url;
HttpWebRequest objRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
HttpWebResponse objResponse = (HttpWebResponse)objRequest.GetResponse();
StreamReader responseStream = new StreamReader(objResponse.GetResponseStream());
string responseRead = responseStream.ReadToEnd();
responseRead = responseRead.Replace("\n", String.Empty);
responseStream.Close();
responseStream.Dispose();
return responseRead;
}
}
}
I was able to achieve this in ASP.NET MVC using the client IP address and freegeoip.net API. freegeoip.net is free and does not require any license.
Below is the sample code I used.
String UserIP = HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(UserIP))
{
UserIP = HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
}
string url = "http://freegeoip.net/json/" + UserIP.ToString();
WebClient client = new WebClient();
string jsonstring = client.DownloadString(url);
dynamic dynObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonstring);
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Session["UserCountryCode"] = dynObj.country_code;
You can go through this post for more details.Hope it helps!
Using the Request of following web site
http://ip-api.com/
Following is C# code for returning Country and Country Code
public string GetCountryByIP(string ipAddress)
{
string strReturnVal;
string ipResponse = IPRequestHelper("http://ip-api.com/xml/" + ipAddress);
//return ipResponse;
XmlDocument ipInfoXML = new XmlDocument();
ipInfoXML.LoadXml(ipResponse);
XmlNodeList responseXML = ipInfoXML.GetElementsByTagName("query");
NameValueCollection dataXML = new NameValueCollection();
dataXML.Add(responseXML.Item(0).ChildNodes[2].InnerText, responseXML.Item(0).ChildNodes[2].Value);
strReturnVal = responseXML.Item(0).ChildNodes[1].InnerText.ToString(); // Contry
strReturnVal += "(" +
responseXML.Item(0).ChildNodes[2].InnerText.ToString() + ")"; // Contry Code
return strReturnVal;
}
And following is Helper for requesting url.
public string IPRequestHelper(string url) {
HttpWebRequest objRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
HttpWebResponse objResponse = (HttpWebResponse)objRequest.GetResponse();
StreamReader responseStream = new StreamReader(objResponse.GetResponseStream());
string responseRead = responseStream.ReadToEnd();
responseStream.Close();
responseStream.Dispose();
return responseRead;
}
What you need is called a "geo-IP database". Most of them cost some money (albeit not too expensive), especially fairly precise ones. One of the most widely used is MaxMind's database. They have a fairly good free version of IP-to-city database called GeoLity City - it has lots of restrictions, but if you can cope with that that would be probably your best choice, unless you have some money to spare for a subscription to more accurate product.
And, yeah, they do have a C# API to query geo-IP databases available.
You'll probably have to use an external API, most of which cost money.
I did find this though, seems to be free: http://hostip.info/use.html
Return country
static public string GetCountry()
{
return new WebClient().DownloadString("http://api.hostip.info/country.php");
}
Usage:
Console.WriteLine(GetCountry()); // will return short code for your country
Return info
static public string GetInfo()
{
return new WebClient().DownloadString("http://api.hostip.info/get_json.php");
}
Usage:
Console.WriteLine(GetInfo());
// Example:
// {
// "country_name":"COUNTRY NAME",
// "country_code":"COUNTRY CODE",
// "city":"City",
// "ip":"XX.XXX.XX.XXX"
// }
It's good sample for you:
public class IpProperties
{
public string Status { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
public string CountryCode { get; set; }
public string Region { get; set; }
public string RegionName { get; set; }
public string City { get; set; }
public string Zip { get; set; }
public string Lat { get; set; }
public string Lon { get; set; }
public string TimeZone { get; set; }
public string ISP { get; set; }
public string ORG { get; set; }
public string AS { get; set; }
public string Query { get; set; }
}
public string IPRequestHelper(string url)
{
HttpWebRequest objRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
HttpWebResponse objResponse = (HttpWebResponse)objRequest.GetResponse();
StreamReader responseStream = new StreamReader(objResponse.GetResponseStream());
string responseRead = responseStream.ReadToEnd();
responseStream.Close();
responseStream.Dispose();
return responseRead;
}
public IpProperties GetCountryByIP(string ipAddress)
{
string ipResponse = IPRequestHelper("http://ip-api.com/xml/" + ipAddress);
using (TextReader sr = new StringReader(ipResponse))
{
using (System.Data.DataSet dataBase = new System.Data.DataSet())
{
IpProperties ipProperties = new IpProperties();
dataBase.ReadXml(sr);
ipProperties.Status = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][0].ToString();
ipProperties.Country = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][1].ToString();
ipProperties.CountryCode = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][2].ToString();
ipProperties.Region = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][3].ToString();
ipProperties.RegionName = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][4].ToString();
ipProperties.City = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][5].ToString();
ipProperties.Zip = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][6].ToString();
ipProperties.Lat = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][7].ToString();
ipProperties.Lon = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][8].ToString();
ipProperties.TimeZone = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][9].ToString();
ipProperties.ISP = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][10].ToString();
ipProperties.ORG = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][11].ToString();
ipProperties.AS = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][12].ToString();
ipProperties.Query = dataBase.Tables[0].Rows[0][13].ToString();
return ipProperties;
}
}
}
And test:
var ipResponse = GetCountryByIP("your ip address or domain name :)");
An Alternative to using an API is to use HTML 5 location Navigator to query the browser about the User location. I was looking for a similar approach as in the subject question but I found that HTML 5 Navigator works better and cheaper for my situation. Please consider that your scinario might be different.
To get the User position using Html5 is very easy:
function getLocation()
{
if (navigator.geolocation)
{
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showPosition);
}
else
{
console.log("Geolocation is not supported by this browser.");
}
}
function showPosition(position)
{
console.log("Latitude: " + position.coords.latitude +
"<br>Longitude: " + position.coords.longitude);
}
Try it yourself on W3Schools Geolocation Tutorial
public static string GetLocationIPAPI(string ipaddress)
{
try
{
IPDataIPAPI ipInfo = new IPDataIPAPI();
string strResponse = new WebClient().DownloadString("http://ip-api.com/json/" + ipaddress);
if (strResponse == null || strResponse == "") return "";
ipInfo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IPDataIPAPI>(strResponse);
if (ipInfo == null || ipInfo.status.ToLower().Trim() == "fail") return "";
else return ipInfo.city + "; " + ipInfo.regionName + "; " + ipInfo.country + "; " + ipInfo.countryCode;
}
catch (Exception)
{
return "";
}
}
public class IPDataIPINFO
{
public string ip { get; set; }
public string city { get; set; }
public string region { get; set; }
public string country { get; set; }
public string loc { get; set; }
public string postal { get; set; }
public int org { get; set; }
}
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public static string GetLocationIPINFO(string ipaddress)
{
try
{
IPDataIPINFO ipInfo = new IPDataIPINFO();
string strResponse = new WebClient().DownloadString("http://ipinfo.io/" + ipaddress);
if (strResponse == null || strResponse == "") return "";
ipInfo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IPDataIPINFO>(strResponse);
if (ipInfo == null || ipInfo.ip == null || ipInfo.ip == "") return "";
else return ipInfo.city + "; " + ipInfo.region + "; " + ipInfo.country + "; " + ipInfo.postal;
}
catch (Exception)
{
return "";
}
}
public class IPDataIPAPI
{
public string status { get; set; }
public string country { get; set; }
public string countryCode { get; set; }
public string region { get; set; }
public string regionName { get; set; }
public string city { get; set; }
public string zip { get; set; }
public string lat { get; set; }
public string lon { get; set; }
public string timezone { get; set; }
public string isp { get; set; }
public string org { get; set; }
public string #as { get; set; }
public string query { get; set; }
}
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private static string GetLocationIPSTACK(string ipaddress)
{
try
{
IPDataIPSTACK ipInfo = new IPDataIPSTACK();
string strResponse = new WebClient().DownloadString("http://api.ipstack.com/" + ipaddress + "?access_key=XX384X1XX028XX1X66XXX4X04XXXX98X");
if (strResponse == null || strResponse == "") return "";
ipInfo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IPDataIPSTACK>(strResponse);
if (ipInfo == null || ipInfo.ip == null || ipInfo.ip == "") return "";
else return ipInfo.city + "; " + ipInfo.region_name + "; " + ipInfo.country_name + "; " + ipInfo.zip;
}
catch (Exception)
{
return "";
}
}
public class IPDataIPSTACK
{
public string ip { get; set; }
public int city { get; set; }
public string region_code { get; set; }
public string region_name { get; set; }
public string country_code { get; set; }
public string country_name { get; set; }
public string zip { get; set; }
}