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HttpRequestMessage.GetClientIpAddress for ASP.NET MVC 4 / Web API
// Original idea: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9565889/get-the-ip-address-of-the-remote-host
using System.Net.Http;
using System.ServiceModel.Channels;
using System.Web;
namespace CrowSoftware.Api
{
public static class HttpRequestMessageHelper
{
public static string GetClientIpAddress(this HttpRequestMessage request)
{
if (request.Properties.ContainsKey("MS_HttpContext"))
{
return ((HttpContextWrapper)request.Properties["MS_HttpContext"]).Request.UserHostAddress;
}
else if (request.Properties.ContainsKey(RemoteEndpointMessageProperty.Name))
{
RemoteEndpointMessageProperty prop;
prop = (RemoteEndpointMessageProperty)request.Properties[RemoteEndpointMessageProperty.Name];
return prop.Address;
}
else
{
return null;
}
}
}
}
@eallegretta
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Another change with support for OWIN

public static IPAddress GetClientIpAddress(this HttpRequestMessage request)
{
    if (request.Properties.ContainsKey("MS_HttpContext"))
    {
        return IPAddress.Parse(((HttpContextBase)request.Properties["MS_HttpContext"]).Request.UserHostAddress);
    }

    if (request.Properties.ContainsKey(RemoteEndpointMessageProperty.Name))
    {
        return IPAddress.Parse(((RemoteEndpointMessageProperty)request.Properties[RemoteEndpointMessageProperty.Name]).Address);
    }

    if (request.Properties.ContainsKey("MS_OwinContext"))
    {
        return IPAddress.Parse(((OwinContext)request.Properties["MS_OwinContext"]).Request.RemoteIpAddress);
    }

    throw new Exception("Client IP Address Not Found in HttpRequest");
}

@Ofer-Gal
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Ofer-Gal commented Oct 9, 2015

UserHostName '((((HttpContextBase)request.Properties["MS_HttpContext"])).Request).UserHostName' threw an exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' string {System.ArgumentException}

@M-Yankov
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UserHostName '((((HttpContextBase)request.Properties["MS_HttpContext"])).Request).UserHostName' threw an exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' string {System.ArgumentException}

I'm having same problem with Argument exception. It happens when I wrap the code in Task.Run(... )

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