Redirect to metadata BaseUrl not dynamic?

#1

Hi there,

public override string GetBaseUrl(IRequest httpReq)

or

public override string ResolveAbsoluteUrl(string virtualPath, IRequest httpReq)

wont let me override ‘WebHostUrl’ im case of the initial request.

Given:

  • I’m accesing the api via a port forward.
  • I have no default.cshtml

When visiting http://external _url:10001, wich forwards tot the device, it will redirect me to http://localhost:8000/metadata, wich is the original URL the Api is started on. No difference if i setup DefaultRedirectLocation to something in the API, it will just put http://localhost:8000 in front of that then.

The first request i do, returns a 302 StatusCode, with a Location Header to the ‘wrong’ URI.

I just cant find where or how i can override this. I cant use WebHostUrl in HostConfig, because it’s static, and i need it to be request based dynamic.

Can you point me in a right direction?

#2

You could register a RawHttpHandler to intercept the request and provide your own redirect, e.g:

RawHttpHandlers.Add(req => req.PathInfo == "/"
    ? new RedirectHttpHandler { AbsoluteUrl = redirectUrl } 
    : null);
#3

BTW I’ve just checked in a change that will use ResolveAbsoluteUrl() if your redirect path starts with ~/.

This change is available from v4.5.11 that’s now available on MyGet. Please let me know if it resolves your issue.

#4

Not quite!

It seems the update to 4.5.11 doesn’t account this redirect kind of request to /metadata or something else; it still does the same thing, even if i put ~/metadata (e.g.) in the DefaultRedirectPath.

However, with the RawHttpHandler there is something i got working now.

For me it works doing these 2 things:

   SetConfig(new HostConfig
			{
...
        DefaultRedirectPath = "/workflow/tile"
    });


RawHttpHandlers.Add(req => req.PathInfo == "/" ? new ServiceStack.Host.Handlers.RedirectHttpHandler { AbsoluteUrl = Config.DefaultRedirectPath } : null);

AND

public override string GetBaseUrl(ServiceStack.Web.IRequest httpReq)
		{
			var userHostName = ((System.Net.HttpListenerRequest)httpReq.OriginalRequest).UserHostName;
			if (httpReq.IsSecureConnection)
				return "https://{0}".Fmt(userHostName);
			else
				return "http://{0}".Fmt(userHostName);
		}

Still in doubt how i can do this nicer…

#5

Apologies for that, the BaseUrl was being cached which prevented it from calling ResolveAbsoluteUrl() which should be resolved from this commit. Can you try using a ~/ url again with the latest v4.5.11 version on MyGet, You’ll need to clear your NuGet cache in order to re-download the latest v4.5.11 packages.

#6

Will try shortly, thanks again!