Made it easier to capture the HttpActionContext so request and user info is captured by default.

Author: niemyjski

samples/Exceptionless.SampleWebApi/App.config

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
       </dependentAssembly>
       <dependentAssembly>
         <assemblyIdentity name="Newtonsoft.Json" publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" culture="neutral" />
-        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-8.0.0.0" newVersion="8.0.0.0" />
+        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-9.0.0.0" newVersion="9.0.0.0" />
       </dependentAssembly>
     </assemblyBinding>
   </runtime>

samples/Exceptionless.SampleWebApi/Controllers/ValuesController.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Exceptionless.SampleWebApi.Controllers {
     public class ValuesController : ApiController {
         // GET api/values
         public IEnumerable<string> Get() {
-            ExceptionlessClient.Default.SubmitLog("ValuesController", "Getting results", LogLevel.Info);
+            ExceptionlessClient.Default.CreateLog("ValuesController", "Getting results", LogLevel.Info).SetHttpActionContext(ActionContext).Submit();
             throw new ApplicationException("WebApi GET error");
         }
 

samples/Exceptionless.SampleWebApi/Program.cs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public static void Main(string[] args) {
                 Console.WriteLine("Press any key to send a request...");
                 ConsoleKeyInfo key = Console.ReadKey();
                 while (key.KeyChar != 27) {
-                    // Create HttpCient and make a request to api/values 
+                    // Create HttpCient and make a request to api/values
                     var client = new HttpClient();
                     HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync(baseAddress + "api/values").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 

src/Platforms/Exceptionless.Web/RequestInfoCollector.cs

@@ -127,13 +127,11 @@ private static Dictionary<string, string> ToDictionary(this NameValueCollection
             return d;
         }
 
-        private static string GetUserIPAddress(HttpContextBase context)
-        {
+        private static string GetUserIPAddress(HttpContextBase context) {
             string clientIp = context.Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(clientIp))
-            {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(clientIp))
                 clientIp = context.Request.UserHostAddress;
-            }
+
             return clientIp;
         }
     }

src/Platforms/Exceptionless.WebApi/ExceptionlessWebApiExtensions.cs

@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@
 namespace Exceptionless {
     public static class ExceptionlessWebApiExtensions {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Reads configuration settings, configures various plugins and wires up to platform specific exception handlers. 
+        /// Reads configuration settings, configures various plugins and wires up to platform specific exception handlers.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="client">The ExceptionlessClient.</param>
-        /// <param name="config">The HttpConfiguration instance.</param>        
+        /// <param name="config">The HttpConfiguration instance.</param>
         public static void RegisterWebApi(this ExceptionlessClient client, HttpConfiguration config) {
             if (client == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(client));
 
             client.Startup();
             client.Configuration.AddPlugin<ExceptionlessWebApiPlugin>();
             client.Configuration.AddPlugin<IgnoreUserAgentPlugin>();
-            
+
             config.Services.Add(typeof(IExceptionLogger), new ExceptionlessExceptionLogger());
 
             ReplaceHttpErrorHandler(config, client);
@@ -91,8 +91,13 @@ public static Event AddHttpRequestInfo(this Event ev, HttpActionContext context,
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="builder">The event builder.</param>
         /// <param name="context">The http action context to gather information from.</param>
+        [Obsolete("Please call SetHttpActionContext instead.", true)]
         public static EventBuilder AddHttpRequestInfo(this EventBuilder builder, HttpActionContext context) {
-            builder.Target.AddHttpRequestInfo(context, builder.Client.Configuration);
+            return builder.SetHttpActionContext(context);
+        }
+
+        public static EventBuilder SetHttpActionContext(this EventBuilder builder, HttpActionContext context) {
+            builder.PluginContextData["HttpActionContext"] = context;
             return builder;
         }
 

src/Platforms/Exceptionless.WebApi/readme.txt

@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 -------------------------------------
-		Exceptionless Readme
+        Exceptionless Readme
 -------------------------------------
-Exceptionless provides real-time error reporting for your apps. It organizes the 
-gathered information into simple actionable data that will help your app become 
+Exceptionless provides real-time error reporting for your apps. It organizes the
+gathered information into simple actionable data that will help your app become
 exceptionless!
 
 Learn more at http://exceptionless.io.
 
 -------------------------------------
-		How to get an api key
+        How to get an api key
 -------------------------------------
-The Exceptionless client requires an api key to use the Exceptionless service. 
-You can get your Exceptionless api key by logging into http://exceptionless.io 
+The Exceptionless client requires an api key to use the Exceptionless service.
+You can get your Exceptionless api key by logging into http://exceptionless.io
 and viewing your project configuration page.
 
 -------------------------------------
-		 ASP.NET Web Api Integration
+     ASP.NET Web Api Integration
 -------------------------------------
-The Exceptionless.WebApi package will automatically configure your web.config. 
-All you need to do is open the web.config and add your Exceptionless api key to 
+The Exceptionless.WebApi package will automatically configure your web.config.
+All you need to do is open the web.config and add your Exceptionless api key to
 the web.config Exceptionless section.
 
 <exceptionless apiKey="API_KEY_HERE" />
 
 Next, you must import the "Exceptionless" namespace and call the following line
-of code to start reporting unhandled exceptions. You will need to run code during 
+of code to start reporting unhandled exceptions. You will need to run code during
 application startup and pass it an HttpConfiguration instance. Please note that this
 code is normally placed inside of the WebApiConfig classes Register method.
 
@@ -40,13 +40,20 @@ for examples on sending events to Exceptionless.
 -------------------------------------
    Manually reporting an exception
 -------------------------------------
-By default the Exceptionless Client will report all unhandled exceptions. You can 
-also manually send an exception by importing the Exceptionless namespace and calling 
+By default the Exceptionless Client will report all unhandled exceptions. You can
+also manually send an exception by importing the Exceptionless namespace and calling
 the following method.
 
 exception.ToExceptionless().Submit()
 
+Please note that Web Api doesn't have a static http context. If possible, it is recommended
+that you set the HttpActionContext when submitting events. Doing so will allow the request and
+user information to be populated. You can do this by calling the SetHttpActionContext EventBuilder
+extension method.
+
+ exception.ToExceptionless().SetHttpActionContext(ActionContext).Submit()
+
 -------------------------------------
-	  Documentation and Support
+      Documentation and Support
 -------------------------------------
-Please visit http://exceptionless.io for documentation and support.
+Please visit http://exceptionless.io for documentation and support.