Get IP Address, Browser Type MVC 5

Question

I need to get local system ip address and browser agent (firefox,chorme,ie,etc..) in MVC 5. Search google Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"] which is not working in MVC5

`Request.Browser` is what you need to check for browser information. `Request.UserHostAddress` is for IP Address. In both the cases, you may not be able to guarantee the right information, because proxies will not give you right IP Address of the client Machine and browsers User agent can always be manipulated. Let me know if my point helps you. — ramiramilu, Jun 22 '15 at 06:02

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

For getting IP Address use this code:

public static string GetIPAddress(HttpRequestBase request)
    {
        string ip;
        try
        {
            ip = request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ip))
            {
                if (ip.IndexOf(",") > 0)
                {
                    string[] ipRange = ip.Split(',');
                    int le = ipRange.Length - 1;
                    ip = ipRange[le];
                }
            }
            else
            {
                ip = request.UserHostAddress;
            }
        }
        catch { ip = null; }

        return ip;
    }

https://stackoverflow.com/a/7348761/4568359

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And for getting browser info:

System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities browser = Request.Browser;
string brw_info = "Browser Capabilities\n"
    + "Type = "                    + browser.Type + "\n"
    + "Name = "                    + browser.Browser + "\n"
    + "Version = "                 + browser.Version + "\n"
    + "Major Version = "           + browser.MajorVersion + "\n"
    + "Minor Version = "           + browser.MinorVersion + "\n"
    + "Platform = "                + browser.Platform + "\n"
    + "Is Beta = "                 + browser.Beta + "\n"
    + "Is Crawler = "              + browser.Crawler + "\n"
    + "Is AOL = "                  + browser.AOL + "\n"
    + "Is Win16 = "                + browser.Win16 + "\n"
    + "Is Win32 = "                + browser.Win32 + "\n"
    + "Supports Frames = "         + browser.Frames + "\n"
    + "Supports Tables = "         + browser.Tables + "\n"
    + "Supports Cookies = "        + browser.Cookies + "\n"
    + "Supports VBScript = "       + browser.VBScript + "\n"
    + "Supports JavaScript = "     + 
        browser.EcmaScriptVersion.ToString() + "\n"
    + "Supports Java Applets = "   + browser.JavaApplets + "\n"
    + "Supports ActiveX Controls = " + browser.ActiveXControls 
          + "\n"
    + "Supports JavaScript Version = " +
        browser["JavaScriptVersion"] + "\n";

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3yekbd5b.aspx

(Not sure what to think about _HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR_ and _spoofing_.) — greybeard, Dec 12 '16 at 00:18

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 22 '15 at 12:37

2

To get client IP Address

var IPAddress = Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(IPAddress))
{
    IPAddress = Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
}

To get client user agent.

var userAgent = Request.UserAgent;

answered Jun 22 '15 at 12:37

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 22 '15 at 06:04

1

You are looking for something like to get Ip address

HttpRequest.UserHostAddress Property

and check out this for browser detection 51Degrees.Mobi Foundation

answered Jun 22 '15 at 06:04

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Get IP Address, Browser Type MVC 5

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