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I have a webservice designed in VS 2005 using C#. I would like to know the URL and the IP addresses of the people who are accessing my service. Is this a possibility? if so how? Thanks, -- -Scott
Scott,
Please try the following in your webservice class. Context.Request.UserHostAddress That should be available and what you need. Let me know... email me if you'd like. Robby Valles [quoted text, click to view] On Oct 29, 1:16 pm, "Scott Elgram" <SElg...@verifpoint.com> wrote: > Hello, > I have a webservice designed in VS 2005 using C#. I would like to know > the URL and the IP addresses of the people who are accessing my service. Is > this a possibility? if so how? > > Thanks, > -- > -Scott
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"Scott Elgram" <SElgram@verifpoint.com> wrote in message news:%23$GsojmGIHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hello, > I have a webservice designed in VS 2005 using C#. I would like to know > the URL and the IP addresses of the people who are accessing my service. > Is > this a possibility? if so how? What do you mean, "URL"? What do you mean, "people"? People don't have URLs, and URLs don't access web services. Please give us more detail. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer
Ok, in detail...
I have created a WebService in VS 2005 using C# that returns the results of a database search in an XML dataset . The purpose is to allow clients access to this webservice so that they can utilize the search options I make public through the webservice. By doing it this way clients who use this service should be able to incorporate my data into their website as if it were their own. What I am trying to record is the URL of the page that accessed the webservice and the IP of the domain that page is under. For example: The company XYZ.com (IP: 111.111.111.111) would like to use my data on their website. using the webservice I have created they access the webservice through code on www.xyz.com/search.aspx which returns an XML dataset which they can display on their page. In this example what I would like to record is "www.xyz.com/search.aspx" and "111.111.111.111". Let me know if that still doesn't make sense. Thanks, -Scott [quoted text, click to view] "John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunders at trizetto.com> wrote in message news:uNApLolHIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > "Scott Elgram" <SElgram@verifpoint.com> wrote in message > news:%23$GsojmGIHA.284@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > Hello, > > I have a webservice designed in VS 2005 using C#. I would like to know > > the URL and the IP addresses of the people who are accessing my service. > > Is > > this a possibility? if so how? > > What do you mean, "URL"? What do you mean, "people"? People don't have URLs, > and URLs don't access web services. Please give us more detail. > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer > >
Thanks for your reply and I'm sorry it took so long for me to get back to
this. I tried what you suggested and I now get the IP address of the site that is accessing the service. Thank you very much, however, I would also like to get the name of the page that is calling the service. I tried using "Context.Request.Url.AbsolutePath" but all I get is the address of the services asmx file. i.e. /SiteFolder/Service.asmx if you can offer any info to resolve this as well it would be much appreciated. -Scott [quoted text, click to view] "Robby Valles" <robby.valles@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1193977772.509923.26040@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... > Scott, > > Please try the following in your webservice class. > > Context.Request.UserHostAddress > > That should be available and what you need. Let me know... email me if > you'd like. > > Robby Valles > > On Oct 29, 1:16 pm, "Scott Elgram" <SElg...@verifpoint.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a webservice designed in VS 2005 using C#. I would like to know > > the URL and the IP addresses of the people who are accessing my service. Is > > this a possibility? if so how? > > > > Thanks, > > -- > > -Scott > >
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"Scott" <Scott@verifpoint.com> wrote in message news:uPW36QkIIHA.1316@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Ok, in detail... > I have created a WebService in VS 2005 using C# that returns the > results > of a database search in an XML dataset . > The purpose is to allow clients access to this webservice so that they > can utilize the search options I make public through the webservice. By > doing it this way clients who use this service should be able to > incorporate > my data into their website as if it were their own. > What I am trying to record is the URL of the page that accessed the > webservice and the IP of the domain that page is under. > For example: > The company XYZ.com (IP: 111.111.111.111) would like to use my data > on their website. using the webservice I have created they access the > webservice through code on www.xyz.com/search.aspx which returns an XML > dataset which they can display on their page. > In this example what I would like to record is > "www.xyz.com/search.aspx" > and "111.111.111.111". > > Let me know if that still doesn't make sense. It makes sense; it's just not practical. As another poster as indicated, you can get the IP address that accessed the service. This may or may not correspond to an actual web server. It could just as easily be the IP address of a NAT box or some other piece of network equipment. Picture the classic seven-layer model. IP addresses belong to the Network layer. This means that the Network layer can do whatever it wants to with an IP address, as long as it doesn't screw up the Transport layer. In other words, your code (in the Application Layer) shouldn't be depending on IP addresses to mean anything at the Application Layer. They are Network Layer artifacts. If you want an identifier you can depend on at the Application Layer, you will need to create one: a certificate, for instance. You will never get the URL of the page that called the service because pages don't call services - code does. That code may or may not be on a web page, and it may or may not know the URL of the web page. That URL might or might not be useful in locating the page again from a browser's address bar, but it's not likely to be too useful to use as an identification - consider the case of a web farm, for instance, or the case where the URL of the page has nothing to do with the domain of the company (assuming that the company only owns a single domain). You go on to mention the IP address of the domain. That term has no meaning. Domains do not have IP addresses, per se. All in all, you should just totally forget the idea of the networking infrastructure doing your job for you. If you need to identify users and/or the company they work for (or some other licensed entity), then you need to do that explicitly, with your own code, written to your own requirements, and not written to the requirements of IP Networking, or of Web Browsing, or of DNS Domains. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer
You missed my purpose.
I am not trying to use this information to identify proper usage. Just simply collecting data of who is using it and when. If the IP address is that of a NAT box or some other piece of hardware that is fine. The people that have asked me to get this information realize everything that you have mentioned and they realize that this information may not always be accurate or available. That, however, doe snot stop them from wanting to log it. For arguments sake, lets say the information I am trying to retrieve is available due to however the client has set up their site. I have managed to get the IP address but I am still stuck on how I can get the URL. So far I have only been able to retrieve the address of the ASMX file not whatever called it. If you are unable/unwilling to help or if this just simply is not possible please simply just say so. A lecture on networking and/or coding may be useful to some, and I'm not saying I don't appreciate your insight, it does not help me get the info I need or convince the bosses that they don't want it. [quoted text, click to view] "John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunders at trizetto.com> wrote in message news:uFM18ulIIHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > "Scott" <Scott@verifpoint.com> wrote in message > news:uPW36QkIIHA.1316@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > Ok, in detail... > > I have created a WebService in VS 2005 using C# that returns the > > results > > of a database search in an XML dataset . > > The purpose is to allow clients access to this webservice so that they > > can utilize the search options I make public through the webservice. By > > doing it this way clients who use this service should be able to > > incorporate > > my data into their website as if it were their own. > > What I am trying to record is the URL of the page that accessed the > > webservice and the IP of the domain that page is under. > > For example: > > The company XYZ.com (IP: 111.111.111.111) would like to use my data > > on their website. using the webservice I have created they access the > > webservice through code on www.xyz.com/search.aspx which returns an XML > > dataset which they can display on their page. > > In this example what I would like to record is > > "www.xyz.com/search.aspx" > > and "111.111.111.111". > > > > Let me know if that still doesn't make sense. > > It makes sense; it's just not practical. > > As another poster as indicated, you can get the IP address that accessed the > service. This may or may not correspond to an actual web server. It could > just as easily be the IP address of a NAT box or some other piece of network > equipment. > > Picture the classic seven-layer model. IP addresses belong to the Network > layer. This means that the Network layer can do whatever it wants to with an > IP address, as long as it doesn't screw up the Transport layer. In other > words, your code (in the Application Layer) shouldn't be depending on IP > addresses to mean anything at the Application Layer. They are Network Layer > artifacts. > > If you want an identifier you can depend on at the Application Layer, you > will need to create one: a certificate, for instance. > > You will never get the URL of the page that called the service because pages > don't call services - code does. That code may or may not be on a web page, > and it may or may not know the URL of the web page. That URL might or might > not be useful in locating the page again from a browser's address bar, but > it's not likely to be too useful to use as an identification - consider the > case of a web farm, for instance, or the case where the URL of the page has > nothing to do with the domain of the company (assuming that the company only > owns a single domain). > > You go on to mention the IP address of the domain. That term has no meaning. > Domains do not have IP addresses, per se. > > All in all, you should just totally forget the idea of the networking > infrastructure doing your job for you. If you need to identify users and/or > the company they work for (or some other licensed entity), then you need to > do that explicitly, with your own code, written to your own requirements, > and not written to the requirements of IP Networking, or of Web Browsing, or > of DNS Domains. > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer > >
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"Scott" <Scott@verifpoint.com> wrote in message news:%2378c1nXJIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > You missed my purpose. > I am not trying to use this information to identify proper usage. Just > simply collecting data of who is using it and when. If the IP address is > that of a NAT box or some other piece of hardware that is fine. The > people > that have asked me to get this information realize everything that you > have > mentioned and they realize that this information may not always be > accurate > or available. That, however, doe snot stop them from wanting to log it. > For arguments sake, lets say the information I am trying to retrieve is > available due to however the client has set up their site. I have managed > to get the IP address but I am still stuck on how I can get the URL. So > far > I have only been able to retrieve the address of the ASMX file not > whatever > called it. Scott, there _is_ no URL. What it the client that called your web service was not a web page? In that case, there would be no URL to pass, so the web services infrastructure _never_ passes any URL. Sorry, but if you want to log the URL of the web page that called the web service, then you'll have to make the web page pass the URL to the service. This could be done as a parameter to every web service operation, or it could be done through a custom SOAP Header. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer
If the client that called the service is not a page then the variable should
simply be null. But, the main purpose here is so that clients could access specific functions with the info in our database from a webpage. So assuming that it is indeed a webpage that calls the web service is there still no way to get the URL of that page? [quoted text, click to view] "John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunders at trizetto.com> wrote in message news:uKBPn0XJIHA.4592@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "Scott" <Scott@verifpoint.com> wrote in message > news:%2378c1nXJIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > You missed my purpose. > > I am not trying to use this information to identify proper usage. Just > > simply collecting data of who is using it and when. If the IP address is > > that of a NAT box or some other piece of hardware that is fine. The > > people > > that have asked me to get this information realize everything that you > > have > > mentioned and they realize that this information may not always be > > accurate > > or available. That, however, doe snot stop them from wanting to log it. > > For arguments sake, lets say the information I am trying to retrieve is > > available due to however the client has set up their site. I have managed > > to get the IP address but I am still stuck on how I can get the URL. So > > far > > I have only been able to retrieve the address of the ASMX file not > > whatever > > called it. > > Scott, there _is_ no URL. What it the client that called your web service > was not a web page? In that case, there would be no URL to pass, so the web > services infrastructure _never_ passes any URL. > > Sorry, but if you want to log the URL of the web page that called the web > service, then you'll have to make the web page pass the URL to the service. > This could be done as a parameter to every web service operation, or it > could be done through a custom SOAP Header. > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer > >
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"Scott" <Scott@verifpoint.com> wrote in message news:%23HqlbScJIHA.5860@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > If the client that called the service is not a page then the variable > should > simply be null. But, the main purpose here is so that clients could > access > specific functions with the info in our database from a webpage. So > assuming that it is indeed a webpage that calls the web service is there > still no way to get the URL of that page? No. Not unless the page sends it to the service. Remember that a web service simply receives some XML sent by some code. There's nothing to indicate whether the code was a page, or which page it was. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer
Thanks, I'll have to just be happy woth the IP address then
[quoted text, click to view] "John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunders at trizetto.com> wrote in message news:uZF02mgJIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > "Scott" <Scott@verifpoint.com> wrote in message > news:%23HqlbScJIHA.5860@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > If the client that called the service is not a page then the variable > > should > > simply be null. But, the main purpose here is so that clients could > > access > > specific functions with the info in our database from a webpage. So > > assuming that it is indeed a webpage that calls the web service is there > > still no way to get the URL of that page? > > No. Not unless the page sends it to the service. > > Remember that a web service simply receives some XML sent by some code. > There's nothing to indicate whether the code was a page, or which page it > was. > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer > >
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