Before getting started please read the documentation to get acquainted with server-side connectors.
Connector supports ASP.NET Core 2.0+.
You can find the latest released version here or download latest version
The KnownUser validation must be done on all requests except requests for static and cached pages, resources like images, css files and .... So, if you add the KnownUser validation logic to a central place like in Startup.cs, then be sure that the Triggers only fire on page requests (including ajax requests) and not on e.g. image.
This example is using the IntegrationConfigProvider to download the queue configuration. The provider is an example of how the download and caching of the configuration can be done. This is just an example, but if you make your own downloader, please cache the result for 5 - 10 minutes to limit number of download requests. You should NEVER download the configuration as part of the request handling.
The following method is all that is needed to validate that a user has been through the queue:
Startup.cs
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
app.Use(async(context, next)=> {
QueueIT.KnownUser.V3.AspNetCore.SDKInitializer.SetHttpContext(context);
if (KnownUserValidator.DoValidation(context))
{
await next.Invoke();
}
});
app.UseMvc();
}KnownUserValidator.cs
public class KnownUserValidator
{
public static bool DoValidation(HttpContext context)
{
try
{
var customerId = "Your Queue-it customer ID";
var secretKey = "Your 72 char secrete key as specified in Go Queue-it self-service platform";
var apiKey = "Your api-key as specified in Go Queue-it self-service platform";
var requestUrl = $"{context.Request.Scheme}://{context.Request.Host}{context.Request.Path}{context.Request.QueryString}";
var queueitToken = context.Request.Query[KnownUser.QueueITTokenKey];
var pureUrl = Regex.Replace(requestUrl, @"([\?&])(" + KnownUser.QueueITTokenKey + "=[^&]*)", string.Empty, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
var integrationConfig = IntegrationConfigProvider.GetCachedIntegrationConfig(customerId, apiKey); // download and cache using polling
//Verify if the user has been through the queue
var validationResult = KnownUser.ValidateRequestByIntegrationConfig(pureUrl, queueitToken, integrationConfig, customerId, secretKey);
if (validationResult.DoRedirect)
{
context.Response.Headers.Add("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, max-age=0");
context.Response.Headers.Add("Pragma", "no-cache");
context.Response.Headers.Add("Expires", "Fri, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT");
if (validationResult.IsAjaxResult)
{
context.Response.Headers.Add(validationResult.AjaxQueueRedirectHeaderKey, validationResult.AjaxRedirectUrl);
context.Response.Headers.Add("Access-Control-Expose-Headers", validationResult.AjaxQueueRedirectHeaderKey);
return false;
}
//Send the user to the queue - either becuase hash was missing or becuase is was invalid
context.Response.Redirect(validationResult.RedirectUrl);
return false;
}
else
{
//Request can continue - we remove queueittoken form querystring parameter to avoid sharing of user specific token
//if there was a match
if (requestUrl.Contains(KnownUser.QueueITTokenKey) && validationResult.ActionType == "Queue")
{
context.Response.Redirect(pureUrl);
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return true;
// There was an error validating the request
// Use your own logging framework to log the error
// This was a configuration error, so we let the user continue
}
}
}Specify the configuration in code without using the Trigger/Action paradigm. In this case it is important only to queue-up page requests and not requests for resources.
The following is an example of how to specify the configuration in code:
public class KnownUserValidator
{
public static bool DoValidation(HttpContext context)
{
try
{
var customerId = "Your Queue-it customer ID";
var secretKey = "Your 72 char secrete key as specified in Go Queue-it self-service platform";
var requestUrl = $"{context.Request.Scheme}://{context.Request.Host}{context.Request.Path}{context.Request.QueryString}";
var queueitToken = context.Request.Query[KnownUser.QueueITTokenKey];
var pureUrl = Regex.Replace(requestUrl, @"([\?&])(" + KnownUser.QueueITTokenKey + "=[^&]*)", string.Empty, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
var eventConfig = new QueueEventConfig()
{
EventId = "event1", // ID of the queue to use
//CookieDomain = ".mydomain.com", // Optional - Domain name where the Queue-it session cookie should be saved.
QueueDomain = "queue.mydomain.com", // Domain name of the queue.
CookieValidityMinute = 15, // Validity of the Queue-it session cookie should be positive number.
ExtendCookieValidity = true, // Should the Queue-it session cookie validity time be extended each time the validation runs?
//Culture = "en-US", // Optional - Culture of the queue layout in the format specified here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee825488(v=cs.20).aspx. If unspecified then settings from Event will be used.
//LayoutName = "MyCustomLayoutName" // Optional - Name of the queue layout. If unspecified then settings from Event will be used.
};
//Verify if the user has been through the queue
var validationResult = KnownUser.ResolveQueueRequestByLocalConfig(pureUrl, queueitToken, eventConfig, customerId, secretKey);
if (validationResult.DoRedirect)
{
context.Response.Headers.Add("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, max-age=0");
context.Response.Headers.Add("Pragma", "no-cache");
context.Response.Headers.Add("Expires", "Fri, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT");
if (validationResult.IsAjaxResult)
{
context.Response.Headers.Add(validationResult.AjaxQueueRedirectHeaderKey, validationResult.AjaxRedirectUrl);
context.Response.Headers.Add("Access-Control-Expose-Headers", validationResult.AjaxQueueRedirectHeaderKey);
return false;
}
//Send the user to the queue - either becuase hash was missing or becuase is was invalid
context.Response.Redirect(validationResult.RedirectUrl);
return false;
}
else
{
//Request can continue - we remove queueittoken form querystring parameter to avoid sharing of user specific token
//if there was a match
if (requestUrl.Contains(KnownUser.QueueITTokenKey) && validationResult.ActionType == "Queue")
{
context.Response.Redirect(pureUrl);
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return true;
// There was an error validating the request
// Use your own logging framework to log the error
// This was a configuration error, so we let the user continue
}
}
}The QueueITHelpers.cs file includes some helper functions
to make the reading of the queueittoken easier.
The connector supports triggering on request body content. An example could be a POST call with specific item ID where you want end-users to queue up for.
For this to work, you will need to contact Queue-it support or enable request body triggers in your integration settings in your GO Queue-it platform account.
Once enabled you will need to update your integration so request body is available for the connector.
You need to create a custom HttpRequest similar to this one:
public class CustomHttpRequest : QueueIT.KnownUserV3.SDK.HttpRequest
{
public string RequestBody { get; set; }
public override string GetRequestBodyAsString()
{
return RequestBody ?? base.GetRequestBodyAsString();
}
}Then, on each request, before calling the DoValidation() method, you should initialize the SDK with your custom HttpRequest implementation:
var customRequest = new CustomHttpRequest(context)
{
RequestBody = await GetRequestBody(context)
};
SDKInitializer.SetHttpRequest(customRequest);The GetRequestBody() function could be implemented like below. Make sure to set the maxBytesToRead to something appropriate for your needs.
/*
* Example of how the request body can be read and rewinded
*/
private async Task<string> GetRequestBody(HttpContext context)
{
// Limit the number of bytes needed to read, from the body, to avoid reading large requests
var maxBytesToRead = 1024 * 50;
// Ensure that the body can be read multiple times. Threshold is the size of the memory buffer.
// Body data which exceeds the threshold will be written to disk
context.Request.EnableBuffering(bufferThreshold: maxBytesToRead);
string body;
// Leave the body open so the next middleware can read it.
using (var reader = new StreamReader(
context.Request.Body,
encoding: Encoding.UTF8,
detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks: false,
leaveOpen: true))
{
var buffer = new char[maxBytesToRead];
var totalBytesRead = await reader.ReadBlockAsync(buffer, 0, maxBytesToRead);
body = new string(buffer, 0, totalBytesRead);
// Reset the request body stream position so the next middleware can read it
context.Request.Body.Position = 0;
}
return body;
}You can ignore specific HTTP methods, by checking the request method, before calling DoValidation(). If you are using CORS, it might be best to ignore OPTIONS requests, since they are used by CORS to retrieve your server's configuration.
You can ignore OPTIONS requests using the following method:
private static bool IsIgnored(HttpContext context)
{
return context.Request.Method.Equals("options", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
}Below is a complete example how to use the two advanced features above, as a middleware.
Startup.cs
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
app.Use(async (context, next) =>
{
QueueIT.KnownUser.V3.AspNetCore.SDKInitializer.SetHttpContext(context);
var customRequest = new CustomHttpRequest(context)
{
RequestBody = await GetRequestBody(context)
};
QueueIT.KnownUser.V3.AspNetCore.SDKInitializer.SetHttpRequest(customRequest);
if (IsIgnored(context))
{
await next.Invoke();
return;
}
if (KnownUserValidator.DoValidation(context))
{
await next.Invoke();
}
});
app.UseMvc();
}