Handling exceptions in global.asax ASP.NET MVC - asp.net

Question

I have code which is catching all exceptions in Global.asax
protected void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
System.Web.HttpContext context = HttpContext.Current;
System.Exception exc = context.Server.GetLastError();
var ip = context.Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
var url = context.Request.Url.ToString();
var msg = exc.Message.ToString();
var stack = exc.StackTrace.ToString();
}
How I can get controller name where this error happened
How I can get request client IP?
And can I filter exceptions? I dont need 404, 504.... erors
thanks

Answer 1

Global.asax has not notion of controllers and actions, so I believe there is no an API for retrieving controller and action names. However you might give a try for resolving request URL:
HttpContextBase currentContext = new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current);
UrlHelper urlHelper = new UrlHelper(HttpContext.Current.Request.RequestContext);
RouteData routeData = urlHelper.RouteCollection.GetRouteData(currentContext);
string action = routeData.Values["action"] as string;
string controller = routeData.Values["controller"] as string;
To get the user IP you can use UserHostAddress property:
string userIP = HttpContext.Current.Request.UserHostAddress;
To filter out HTTP exceptions that you are not going to handle you can use something like:
HttpException httpException = exception as HttpException;
if (httpException != null)
{
switch (httpException.GetHttpCode())
{
case 404:
case 504:
return;
}
}
One last remark about exception handling - it is not a best practice to do it at global level when there is a way to perform it more locally. For instance in ASP.NET MVC base Controller class has a method:
protected virtual void OnException(ExceptionContext filterContext)
which, when overridden, will give you full control on the occurred exception. You can have all the info that is available for you in Global.asax plus ASP.NET MVC specific features like a reference to controller, view context, route data etc.

Answer 2

i used like this it's below
you can get user ip like this
var userip = context.Request.UserAgent;
and you can get your url where this error happened like this
var ururl = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.Url;
i think this will help you...

Answer 3

I'd take a different tack and put use an attribute on your controllers (or base controller if you have one)
public class HandleErrorAttributeCustom : HandleErrorAttribute
{
public override void OnException(ExceptionContext context)
{
//you can get controller by using
context.Controller.GetType()
//however, I'd recommend pluggin in Elmah here instead
//as it gives this easily and also can has filtering
//options that you want
}
}