Jquery.Get ashx page - asp.net

JS method
$.post('http://localhost:21067/HandlerServices/Product/ProductHandler.ashx', 'action=productlist', function (data) { console.log(data); console.log('hi') });
This ashx code is working but i recive nothing in response
This is ashx.cs code
context.Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(context.Request.QueryString["action"]))
{
string action = context.Request.QueryString["action"];
switch (action.ToLower())
{
case "productlist":
context.Response.Write("ersoy");
break;
}
}
I have query 1.9.0 version. In response tag not appeare anything.
Before i used it many times but now i cant understand where is the bug.

You are violating the same origin policy restriction that's built in browsers. Your ASP.NET MVC application containing this javascript file is hosted on http://localhost:2197 but you are attempting to perform an AJAX request to http://localhost:21067 which cannot work.
There are some workarounds such as using JSONP (works only with GET requests) or CORS (works only in modern browsers that support it). If for some reason you cannot use some of those techniques you could have a server side controller action inside your ASP.NET MVC application which will perform the actual call to the remote domain and act as a bridge between the 2. Then from your client script you will send the AJAX request to your own domain.

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ASP.Net Core 2.0 - ResponseCaching Middleware - Not Caching on Server

I want to use server-side response caching (output cache) with asp.net core 2.0 and found out about Response Caching Middleware and wanted to give it a try with a brand new asp.core mvc project.
Here is the description from the link above which makes me think this could be used like output cache.
The middleware determines when responses are cacheable, stores responses, and serves responses from cache.
Here is how my startup.cs looks like.
public class Startup
{
public Startup(IConfiguration configuration)
{
Configuration = configuration;
}
public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }
// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services.AddResponseCaching();
services.AddMvc();
}
// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
app.UseResponseCaching();
if (env.IsDevelopment())
{
app.UseBrowserLink();
app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
}
else
{
app.UseExceptionHandler("/Home/Error");
}
app.UseStaticFiles();
app.UseMvc(routes =>
{
routes.MapRoute(
name: "default",
template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
});
}
}
and here is the HomeController.cs
[ResponseCache(Duration = 60)]
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public IActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
public IActionResult About()
{
ViewData["Message"] = "Your application description page.";
return View();
}
public IActionResult Contact()
{
ViewData["Message"] = "Your contact page.";
return View();
}
public IActionResult Error()
{
return View(new ErrorViewModel { RequestId = Activity.Current?.Id ?? HttpContext.TraceIdentifier });
}
}
there is also a timestamp at the bottom of _Layout.cshtml file so i can tell when the page is rendered, like below.
<p>© 2018 - ResponseCachingMiddleware - #DateTime.UtcNow</p>
Cache-Control headers seem to be fine, this is what I get in headers when I load the page but time stamp keeps getting updated on every refresh every second.
Cache-Control:public,max-age=60
What I'm understanding from MS documentations is Response Caching Middleware is the server-side caching mechanism that takes care of caching the response while Response Caching seems to be just a filter to manipulate response headers for caching.
Can't tell if there is something wrong with my understanding or code and I wanna complain that I'm feeling this way too often since I started prototyping with ASP.Net Core. Maybe you could also suggest better resources as a side topic.
I've checked out this post before
ASP.NET Core 2.0 - Http Response Caching Middleware - Nothing cached
Also checked this out but it seems like the only difference is I'm using mvc.
https://github.com/aspnet/ResponseCaching/blob/dev/samples/ResponseCachingSample/Startup.cs
Thanks
Edit: I'm seeing the message below in the output window, cannot find anything about it on google except the few places I already checked for response caching middleware.
Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.ResponseCachingMiddleware:Information:
The response could not be cached for this request.
Note: I wish I could create #response-caching-middleware tag. Not sure #responsecache is relevant.
I had the same issue, I was about to pull my hairs over it, I'd set app.UseResponseCaching(); as well as services.AddResponseCaching(); and add ResponseCache on top of my action exactly like what was told in Microsoft official Docs, despite the the cache-controll header was set correctly on response returning from server but still nothing cached at server-side.
After couple of hours of sweating on this issue I figured out where the problem arises and why nothing cached at server.
Browsers by default set cache-controll value to max-age=0 for the request (if the request is not caused by back or forward) even though you set cache-controller correctly in your response by adding ResponseCache attribute on top of you action (or controller) since the cache-controller sent by request is set to max-age=0, the server is unable to cache response, I think this must be added to list of Response Caching limitation as well
Anyway you can override browser default behavior by adding few line of code right before calling app.UseResponseCaching(); on the other hand you need to add a custom middle-ware to modify request cache-control header value before calling app.UseResponseCaching();.
See code below, worked for me hope work for you too
app.Use(async (ctx, next) =>
{
ctx.Request.GetTypedHeaders().CacheControl = new Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.CacheControlHeaderValue()
{
Public = true,
MaxAge = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60)
};
await next();
}
);
app.UseResponseCaching();
for ensuring that ResponseCaching works as expected you can also use postman but you must set 'Send no-cache Header' to off in the setting, see image below
I had this same confusion recently.
ASP.Net Core's ResponseCaching does provide both client-side caching (through HTTP response headers) & server-side (through a memory cache'd middleware that short-circuits other middlewares if the response is in the cache). The server-side portion reads the HTTP response cache headers to determine if it should do server-side caching (similar to what an ISP or CDN might do).
Unfortunately, debugging the server-side ResponseCaching is tricky because it has weird rules & there's not adequate logging. In my case I pulled down Microsoft's source code to step through it & find the issue with my code.
The note you found in the output window "The response could not be cached for this request" is a clue.
There's 2 parts to the server-side caching of a request. The server has to prime the cache the first time the url is requested. It will serve the cached version the 2nd time it's requested. Pay attention to when the error message shows up, if it's on the 1st or 2nd request. That'll tell you if it couldn't be stored in the cache or if it couldn't be retrieved from the cache.
The rules for both storage & retrieval are in this source code file:
https://github.com/aspnet/ResponseCaching/blob/3bf5f6a1ce69b65c998d6f5c739822a9bed4a67e/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.ResponseCaching/Internal/ResponseCachingPolicyProvider.cs
Your "Cache-Control:public,max-age=60" header should match these rules just fine.
My guess is you actually had it working, but didn't know how to test it correctly.
There is a counter-intuitive portion of ResponseCaching noted in this issue: https://github.com/aspnet/Home/issues/2607
Essentially, if the browser sends a no-cache or no-store header (when you hit CTRL+F5 or have your debugger tools open), ASP.Net Core's ResponseCaching will honor the browser's request & re-generate the response.
So, to test if your code was working you probably loaded the page, which primed the cache, then you hit CTRL+F5 to force-refresh your browser & you expected the server-side to respond with a cached entry rather than running your WebAPI code. However, it honored the no-cache request header & bypassed the cache (& wrote that message in your output log).
The way to test this would be to clear your browser cache in-between requests (or switch to incognito), rather than using CTRL+F5.
On a side note, honoring the no-cache/no-store request headers was probably a poor design choice since ASP.Net Core's ResponseCache will most likely be used by a server who owns the response, rather than an intermediary cache like a CDN/ISP. I've extended the base ResponseCache with an option to disable honoring these headers (as well as serialize the cache to disk, rather than in-memory only). It's an easy drop-in replacement for the default cache.
You can find my extension here:
https://github.com/speige/AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Extensions
https://www.nuget.org/packages/AspNetCore.ResponseCaching.Extensions
There are also a few other other gotchas with ResponseCaching to watch out for which you may have already read about in the blog urls you posted. Authenticated requests & responses with set-cookie won't be cached. Only requests using GET or HEAD method will be cached. If the QueryString is different, it'll make a new cache entry. Also, usually you'll want a "Vary" header to prevent caching if certain conditions of a request differ from the previously-cached request (example: user-agent, accept-encoding, etc). Finally, if a Middleware handles a request it'll short-circuit later Middlewares. Make sure your app.UseResponseCaching() is registered before app.UseMVC()
If the Cache-Control header is coming through, then it's working. That's all the server can do from that perspective. The client ultimately makes the decision whether or not to actually cache the resource. Sending the header doesn't force the client to do anything; in fact, the server, in general, cannot force the client to do anything.

The anti-forgery cookie token and form field token do not match when using WebApi

I have a single-page app (user loads a bunch of HTML/JS and then makes AJAX requests without another call to MVC - only via WebAPI). In WebAPI I have the following:
public sealed class WebApiValidateAntiForgeryTokenAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
{
public override void OnActionExecuting(
System.Web.Http.Controllers.HttpActionContext actionContext)
{
if (actionContext == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(actionContext));
}
if (actionContext.Request.Method.Method == "POST")
{
string requestUri = actionContext.Request.RequestUri.AbsoluteUri.ToLower();
if (uriExclusions.All(s => !requestUri.Contains(s, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))) // place some exclusions here if needed
{
HttpRequestHeaders headers = actionContext.Request.Headers;
CookieState tokenCookie = headers
.GetCookies()
.Select(c => c[AntiForgeryConfig.CookieName]) // __RequestVerificationToken
.FirstOrDefault();
string tokenHeader = string.Empty;
if (headers.Contains("X-XSRF-Token"))
{
tokenHeader = headers.GetValues("X-XSRF-Token").FirstOrDefault();
}
AntiForgery.Validate(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tokenCookie?.Value) ? tokenCookie.Value : null, tokenHeader);
}
}
base.OnActionExecuting(actionContext); // this is where it throws
}
}
Registered in Global.asax:
private static void RegisterWebApiFilters(HttpFilterCollection filters)
{
filters.Add(new WebApiValidateAntiForgeryTokenAttribute());
filters.Add(new AddCustomHeaderFilter());
}
Occasionally, I see the The anti-forgery cookie token and form field token do not match error in my logs. When this is happening, both tokenCookie.value and tokenHeader are not null.
Clientside, all of my AJAX requests use the following:
beforeSend: function (request) {
request.setRequestHeader("X-XSRF-Token", $('input[name="__RequestVerificationToken"]').attr("value"););
},
With Razor generating the token once on my SPA page:
#Html.AntiForgeryToken()
I have my machine key set in Web.config.
What could be causing this?
Update
I just checked logs and I'm seeing this sometimes as well:
The provided anti-forgery token was meant for user "", but the current user is "someuser#domain.com". a few seconds ago
This occurs when a user refreshes their instance of the SPA while logged in. The SPA then drops them into the landing page instead of the inner page for some reason (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated is true) - then they can't log in because of this error. Refreshing pulls them back inside. Not sure what this means, but I figured more info can't hurt.
Appendix
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/167064/is-csrf-protection-useless-with-ajax/167076#167076
My answer will recommend to not try to use CSRF protections based on tokens in AJAX calls, but rather to rely on the native CORS features of the web browser.
Basically, any AJAX call from the browser to the back-end server will check for the domain origin (aka the domain where the script was loaded from). If the domains match (JS hosting domain == target AJAX server domain) the AJAX calls performs fine, otherwise returns null.
If an attacker tries to host a malicious AJAX query on his own server it will fail if your back-end server has no CORS policy allowing him to do so (which is the case by default).
So, natively, CSRF protections are useless in AJAX calls, and you can lower your technical debt by simply not trying to handle that.
More info on CORS - Mozilla Foundation
Code example - use your console inspector!
<html>
<script>
function reqListener () {
console.log(this.responseText);
}
var oReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
oReq.addEventListener("load", reqListener);
oReq.open("GET", "http://www.reuters.com/");
oReq.send();
</script>
</html>
Run it and look at the Security error:
Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading
the remote resource at http://www.reuters.com/. (Reason: CORS header
‘Access-Control-Allow-Origin’ missing).
Mozilla is pretty clear regarding the Cross-site XMLHttpRequest implementation:
Modern browsers support cross-site requests by implementing the Web
Applications (WebApps) Working Group's Access Control for Cross-Site
Requests standard.
As long as the server is configured to allow requests from your web
application's origin, XMLHttpRequest will work. Otherwise, an
INVALID_ACCESS_ERR exception is thrown.
I try to give an answer the same, also if in the comments we exchange, yours it seems a not related scenario with mine..
A such type of issue can be due to the XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader() behaviour, because this function "combines" the values of an header that has been already assigned in the context of an http request, as stated by MDN and Whatwg:
If this method is called several times with the same header, the
values are merged into one single request header.
So, if we have a SPA for example that executes all ajax POSTs setting a given http header, in your case:
beforeSend: function (request) {
request.setRequestHeader("X-XSRF-Token", $('input[name="__RequestVerificationToken"]').attr("value"););
}
the first ajax POST request sets a clear header ("X-XSRF-Token") and so, server side, you should have a "valid" header value to compare to.
But, in absence of a page refresh, or a new GET request, all subsequent ajax POSTs, as well as stated in the MDN and Whatwg documentation, will make a dirty assignment of the same header ("X-XSRF-Token"), because they combine the new values with the olds.
To avoid this issue, you could try to reset "X-XSRF-Token" value (but there isn't much documentation on that and it seems a not reliable solution...)
beforeSend: function (request) {
request.setRequestHeader("X-XSRF-Token", null); //depends on user agents..
//OR.. request.setRequestHeader("X-XSRF-Token", ''); //other user agents..
//OR.. request.setRequestHeader("X-XSRF-Token"); //other user agents..
request.setRequestHeader("X-XSRF-Token", $('input[name="__RequestVerificationToken"]').attr("value"););
}
Other solutions can rely on some client-side state handing mechanism that you have to implement on your own, because it is not possible to get values or state access of the http request headers (only response headers can be accessed).
Update - revision of the following text:
So, if we have a SPA for example that executes all ajax POSTs recycling the XMLHttpRequest object for each calling and setting a given http header, in your case:
...

How does SoapUI bypass CORS issue when my ajax call can't do it?

This might be a silly question but here is my simple webapi 2 method
public class ProductsController : ApiController
{
Product[] products = new Product[]
{
new Product { Id = 1, Name = "Tomato Soup", Category = "Groceries", Price = 1 },
new Product { Id = 2, Name = "Yo-yo", Category = "Toys", Price = 3.75M },
new Product { Id = 3, Name = "Hammer", Category = "Hardware", Price = 16.99M }
};
public IEnumerable<Product> GetAllProducts()
{
return products;
}
Now if I run it , on my pc it runs on http://localhost:3145/Products, and I can see the products as XML
It also works using soapui
But now if I try to access this with a html file and this javascript
<script type="text/javascript">
function GetProducts() {
$.ajax({
url: "http://localhost:3145/Products",
dataType: "json",
success: function (data) {
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
$('#myDiv').append(data[i].Category).append("<br/>");
},
error: function (xhr, status) {
alert(xhr);
}
});
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="GetProducts()">
<h1>My App</h1>
<div id="myDiv"></div>
I get the CORS error
How is SOAP UI not getting an error here when it is using http as well?
Thanks
Put that index file into some server location, and then browse the page with server url , like, http://localhost/virtual_dir/index.html , else it will say it file:/// domain does not match with http://localhost:port . And you might face CORS issue if you deploy this page to some other domain and start using.
I have seen that you are using webapi , and you might face CORS issue if you place you JS in domain ( "example1.com"), i mean files served from example1.com will have ajax calls to webapi and that webapi may be hosted in example2.com. This will raise CORS issue. Browser restricts ajax call to other domains, unless that domain allow you to invoke. To achieve this, you can follow this link - Angular.js $resource with ASP.Net webapi? (don't go by the title)
I have answered there the same scenario.
I just experienced the same situation with a web page I was developing that needed to send a SOAP request to a web service that was served by a remote server that was not CORS-enabled. This was in a test environment; in production, the web page and web service are served from the same domain and port.
How is SOAP UI not getting an error here when it is using http as well?
Yes, SoapUI and a web browser both use HTTP. But SoapUI is not a web browser, and does not share the same restrictions.
A colleague solved this issue for me by pointing me to CORS Anywhere.
Install Node.js, if you don't already have it.
Install CORS Anywhere (npm install cors-anywhere).
Run CORS Anywhere (node cors-anywhere.js).
Instead of using your original non-CORS-enabled web service URL, use the domain and port in the resulting message from CORS Anywhere ("Running CORS Anywhere on ..."), with your original web service URL as the path component.
You can specify the CORS Anywhere port in an environment variable (or edit the default value in your local copy of cors-anywhere.js).
In my case, the production web service URL is hardcoded in the web page as a relative path. But I've added code that reads a URL from a parameter in the fragment identifier ("hash string"), overriding the default web service URL.
For example:
http://localhost:8081/mywebpage.html#url=http://localhost:8089/remote.domain.com:8085/servicename
where:
http://localhost:8081/mywebpage.html is my web page (I'm using http://, not file://, for this).
http://localhost:8089 is the CORS Anywhere proxy.
remote.domain.com:8085/servicename (you can drop the leading http://) is the remote, non-CORS-enabled web service.
I could point you 2 options to solve this:
Disable your browser CORS: Due the CORS enforcement is done by the browser you can just disable this during development in yourself browser. If you use Chrome, you must just set an parameter otherwise I may guess looking to the underneath image you are using Firefox, for this you have an extension to do this: https://addons.mozilla.org/pt-PT/firefox/addon/cors-everywhere/
Allow CORS in SOAP UI: It can take a little bit more effort than above solution but it fits very good when you need to share with mutiple teammates or just to make the solution attached to the mock service. To do this,you must add a response for the root of resource path that responds to OPTIONS and with headers you need for CORS with status 204 (or 200).
After, in the MockService you just need to add a script to grab these same headers in all calls that passes through.
Here is the article to solve this step-by-step:
https://medium.com/#andrelimamail/how-to-deal-with-cors-in-soap-ui-mock-services-or-anyother-f4cc55b3dccd

Client side trouble when calling

Please use my previous question as reference. I have marked an answer already.
Question
I'm a .NET developer doing some work for a company that uses Classic ASP. My experience with server side development is VB.NET or C# with some sort of MVC pattern. Consider the following code snippet, I wrote it in an ASP page the company would like to keep and "include" in other pages where this web call would be needed. Kind of like a reusable piece of code. I've left some out for sanity reasons.
//Create ActiveXObject, subscribe to event, and send request
var xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4) {
xmlDoc.loadXML(xmlHttp.responseText);
debugger;
var JSON = $.xml2json(xmlDoc);
parseResponse(JSON);
}
}
urlToSend = encodeURI(REQUEST);
urlRest += urlToSend
xmlHttp.open("GET", urlRest, false);
xmlHttp.send(null);
After struggling with a variety of security problems, I was glad when this finally worked. I changed a setting in Internet Options to allow scripts to access data from other domains. I presented my solution, but the Company would have to change this setting on every machine for my script to work. Not an ideal solution. What can I do to make this run on the server instead of the client's browsers?
I have a little bit of knowledge of the <% %> syntax, but not much.
This SO Question should help you call the service server side:
Calling REST web services from a classic asp page
To Summarise, use MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP
Set HttpReq = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
HttpReq.open "GET", "Rest_URI", False
HttpReq.send
And check out these articles:
Integrating ASP.NET XML Web Services with 'Classic' ASP Applications
Consuming XML Web Services in Classic ASP
Consuming a WSDL Webservice from ASP
You will also need a way to parse JSON

msxml3.dll error '80072ee2' in ASP Page

We have just moved to a new dedicated server that has Windows 2008 and SQL Server 2008. I am trying to access an ASP page on the same server using Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP").
On our previous 2003 server this worked correctly, however with the new 2008 server the operation just times out.
Here is the code:
strURL = "http://www.storeboard.com/profile/profile_view.asp?MemberID=" & MemberID & "&sid=" & cSession.SessionID
Set oXMLHttp = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
oXMLHttp.open "GET", strURL, false
oXMLHttp.send()
IF oXMLHttp.status = 200 THEN
strOut = oXMLHttp.responseText
ELSE
strOut = "Could not get XML data."
END IF
Set oXMLHttp = nothing
The code is very simple but I get the following error:
msxml3.dll error '80072ee2'
The operation timed out
/handle404.asp, line 291
Line 291 refers to oXMLHttp.Send() line.
Is there an alternative code I can use? I use the script other places on the server that access files on other servers and they work correctly, but any access to files on our server doesn't work.
Is there an alternative method that will allow me to keep the URL intact in the browser? The person could write the URL in their browser: http://www.example.com/hello the file doesn't exist but I have a 404 handler that then points the user to the correct path without changing the browser URL which is essential for our SEO ratings.
Microsoft has a published a KB article entitled INFO: Do Not Send ServerXMLHTTP or WinHTTP Requests to the Same Server
If the ServerXMLHTTP or WinHTTP component must send a request to
another ASP on the same server, the target ASP must be located in a
different virtual directory and set to run in high isolation. Avoid
using ServerXMLHTTP or WinHTTP to send a request to an ASP that is
located in the same virtual directory.
...
A finite number of worker threads (in the Inetinfo.exe or Dllhost.exe
process) is available to execute ASP pages. If all of the ASP worker
threads send HTTP requests back to the same Inetinfo.exe or
Dllhost.exe process on the server from which the requests are sent,
the Inetinfo.exe or Dllhost.exe process may deadlock or stop
responding (hang), because the pool of worker threads to process the
incoming requests will be exhausted. This is by design.
As far as alternatives go, it depends on what you're doing with the response after you receive it. If the entire purpose of the script is to forward the request to profile_view.asp, you might be able to use Server.Transfer instead.
I had this same issue. In my case the web request I was trying to make was an internal site url (within the same app pool). With server side debugging set to enabled, the asp app pool seems to be restricted to a single worker thread. By disabling this feature, the request was then able to be processed.
msxml3.dll is pretty old. It was distributed with Internet Explorer 6 to give you a rough idea.
Can you have someone install a later version on the server?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269238 gives you a list of versions to send to whoever it responsible for the server.
If the problem is genuinely down to a time out you could look into switching ASP buffering off. (This based soley on a guess that if the server object started to receive a response it would hold off on the timeout front.
Alternatively you coudl try processing the value on the client side, below is a function from some code I wrote which does this....
function getDets(RateID) {
var xmlHttp;
try {
xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
}
catch (e) {
try {
// Internet Explorer
xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e) {
try {
xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e) {
alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
return false;
}
}
}
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if(xmlHttp.readyState==4) {
var str;
var newStr;
str=xmlHttp.responseText
newStr=str.split("|");
window.document.all.OR2.style.display="block";
window.document.all.OR3.style.display="block";
window.document.OvertimeRates.Description.value=newStr[0];
window.document.OvertimeRates.Factor.value=newStr[1];
}
}
if (RateID==0) {
window.document.OvertimeRates.Description.value="";
window.document.OvertimeRates.Factor.value="";
}
else {
xmlHttp.open("GET","GetOvertimeRate.asp?RateID="+RateID,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
}
}
Good luck!

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