Updated readme and sample to use services.AddHttpContextAccessor()

Author: niemyjski

samples/Exceptionless.SampleAspNetCore/Controllers/ValuesController.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ public class ValuesController : Controller {
         // GET api/values
         [HttpGet]
         public Dictionary<string, string> Get() {
-            ExceptionlessClient.Default.CreateLog("ValuesController", "Getting results", LogLevel.Info).SetHttpContext(HttpContext).Submit();
+            ExceptionlessClient.Default.CreateLog("ValuesController", "Getting results", LogLevel.Info).Submit();
             throw new Exception($"Random AspNetCore Exception: {Guid.NewGuid()}");
         }
     }

samples/Exceptionless.SampleAspNetCore/Startup.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) {
                 .AddConfiguration(Configuration.GetSection("Logging"))
                 .AddDebug()
                 .AddConsole());
+            services.AddHttpContextAccessor();
             services.AddMvc().SetCompatibilityVersion(CompatibilityVersion.Version_2_2);
         }
 

src/Platforms/Exceptionless.AspNetCore/ExceptionlessAspNetCorePlugin.cs

@@ -9,14 +9,9 @@
 namespace Exceptionless.AspNetCore {
     [Priority(90)]
     public class ExceptionlessAspNetCorePlugin : IEventPlugin {
-        IHttpContextAccessor _httpContextAccessor;
-
-        public ExceptionlessAspNetCorePlugin()
-            : this(null) {
-
-        }
-
-        public ExceptionlessAspNetCorePlugin(IHttpContextAccessor httpContextAccessor) {
+        private readonly IHttpContextAccessor _httpContextAccessor;
+        
+        public ExceptionlessAspNetCorePlugin(IHttpContextAccessor httpContextAccessor = null) {
             _httpContextAccessor = httpContextAccessor;
         }
 
@@ -38,8 +33,7 @@ public void Run(EventPluginContext context) {
 
             try {
                 ri = httpContext.GetRequestInfo(context.Client.Configuration);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex) {
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
                 context.Log.Error(typeof(ExceptionlessAspNetCorePlugin), ex, "Error adding request info.");
             }
 

src/Platforms/Exceptionless.AspNetCore/readme.txt

@@ -47,12 +47,11 @@ the following method.
 
 exception.ToExceptionless().Submit()
 
-Please note that ASP.NET Core doesn't have a static http context. If possible, it is recommended
-that you set the HttpContext when submitting events. Doing so will allow the request and
-user information to be populated. You can do this by calling the SetHttpContext EventBuilder
-extension method.
+Please note that ASP.NET Core doesn't have a static http context. We recommend registering
+the http context accessor. Doing so will allow the request and user information to be populated. 
+You can do this by calling the AddHttpContextAccessor while configure services.
 
-exception.ToExceptionless().SetHttpContext(ActionContext).Submit()
+services.AddHttpContextAccessor()
 
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