Regarding browser data to c# code

Question

hi,

my requirement is like below:

need to pass browser date time to controller to calculate data based on browser date.

its a huge application and due to lack of time cant pass as param to each page..

is there any idea of passing a param to the welcome and holding that in appsetting like that..

please share me the idea on that..

thanks in advance to all who spent time on this

Brahma Prakash Shukla · Answer

If I understand your requirement correctly, you want to pass the browser's date and time to the server-side controller so that you can use it to calculate data based on that date. You are looking for a way to achieve this without passing the date as a parameter to each page in your application. One way to achieve this is by using a middleware or a filter in your web application to intercept the incoming request, extract the browser's date and time, and store it in a place accessible to the controller. One possible approach is to use a custom header to pass the browser's date and time in the request. Here's a step-by-step approach: Client-side (Browser): In your client-side code (JavaScript or other frontend technology), you can add a custom header to each request that you send to the server. This custom header can contain the current date and time from the browser. Example using JavaScript with Axios library: import axios from 'axios'; const getCurrentDateTime = () => { const currentDate = new Date().toISOString(); return currentDate; }; axios.defaults.headers.common['X-Browser-DateTime'] = getCurrentDateTime(); Server-side (Controller): Next, on the server-side, you can create a middleware or filter to intercept incoming requests and extract the value of the custom header containing the browser's date and time. Then, store it in a place accessible to your controllers. One common place to store this information is the HttpContext.Items collection in ASP.NET Core. Example middleware in ASP.NET Core: public class BrowserDateTimeMiddleware { private readonly RequestDelegate _next; public BrowserDateTimeMiddleware(RequestDelegate next) { _next = next; } public async Task InvokeAsync(HttpContext context) { if (context.Request.Headers.TryGetValue("X-Browser-DateTime", out var browserDateTimeHeader)) { if (DateTime.TryParse(browserDateTimeHeader, out var browserDateTime)) { // Store the browserDateTime in HttpContext.Items to make it accessible to controllers context.Items["BrowserDateTime"] = browserDateTime; } } await _next(context); } } Register Middleware in Startup.cs: In your Startup.cs file, add the middleware to the pipeline. public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env) { // ... app.UseMiddleware (); // ... } Access in Controllers: Now you can access the browser's date and time from the HttpContext.Items collection in your controllers or services. public class YourController : Controller { public IActionResult YourAction() { if (HttpContext.Items.TryGetValue("BrowserDateTime", out var browserDateTimeObj) && browserDateTimeObj is DateTime browserDateTime) { // Use browserDateTime in your calculations // ... } // ... } } This way, you can pass the browser's date and time to the server-side controller without explicitly passing it as a parameter to each page. Remember to handle error scenarios and validations based on your application's specific requirements.

Murali P · Answer

thank you so much sir for ur quick reply.. if possible could u please let me know the idea of the below point: see i wanna set one session/any kind of storage one with browser date and can i get the value of that variable in controller.. pass the browser date time to welcome page and pass that details to appsetting variable and use in entire application.but passing this date time to controller not getting clear idea