Detect CSS Media Query Changes in ASP.NET Blazor

dotnet add package BlazorPro.BlazorSize 

Add a reference to the namespace in your _Imports.razor or at the top of a page.

@using BlazorPro.BlazorSize

In startup.cs register ResizeListener with the applications service collection.

services.AddMediaQueryService();

Add the MediaQueryList

Add a MediaQueryList to your application’s main layout or root. The MediaQueryList is responsible for communicating with all MediaQuery components in your app. The MediaQueryList component will consolidate redundant media queries and manage resources so that unused event listeners are disposed of properly.

<MediaQueryList>
    <div class="sidebar">
        <NavMenu />
    </div>

    <div class="main">
        <div class="top-row px-4">
            <a href="http://blazor.net" target="_blank" class="ml-md-auto">About</a>
        </div>

        <div class="content px-4">
            @Body
        </div>
    </div>
</MediaQueryList>

Add a MediaQuery and bind

Using the @bind-Matches directive we can easily bind to a browser’s media query and respond to it.

@if (IsSmall)
{
    <WeatherCards Data="forecasts"></WeatherCards>
}
else
{
    <WeatherGrid Data="forecasts"></WeatherGrid>
}

@if (IsMedium)
{
    <span>Medium</span>
}

<MediaQuery Media="@Breakpoints.OnlyMedium" @bind-Matches="IsMedium" />
<MediaQuery Media="@Breakpoints.SmallDown" @bind-Matches="IsSmall" />

@code {
    WeatherForecast[] forecasts;

    bool IsMedium = false;
    bool IsSmall = false;

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
    {
        forecasts = await Http.GetFromJsonAsync<WeatherForecast[]>("sample-data/weather.json");
    }
}

No-Code Templates

The MediaQuery component can also use templates instead of the @bind directive. Templates are useful for swapping out UI bits when the screen size changes.

<MediaQuery Media="@Breakpoints.SmallDown">
    <Matched>
        <WeatherCards Data="forecasts"></WeatherCards>
    </Matched>
    <Unmatched>
        <WeatherGrid Data="forecasts"></WeatherGrid>
    </Unmatched>
</MediaQuery>

Helpers

Common media queries are already included as helpers to keep you out of the Bootstrap docs. Stay in your code longer and write cleaner statements too!

/// @media(min-width: 576px) { ... }
/// Small devices (landscape phones, 576px and up)
IsSmallUpMedia = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.SmallUp);

/// @media(min-width: 768px) { ... }
/// Medium devices (tablets, 768px and up)
IsMediumUpMedia = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.MediumUp);

// Large devices (desktops, 992px and up)
/// @media(min-width: 992px) { ... }
IsLargeUpMedia = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.LargeUp);

/// Extra large devices (large desktops, 1200px and up)
/// @media(min-width: 1200px) { ... }
IsXLargeUpMedia = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.XLargeUp);

/// Extra small devices (portrait phones, less than 576px)
/// @media(max-width: 575.98px) { ... }
IsXSmallDown = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.XSmallDown);

/// Small devices (landscape phones, less than 768px)
/// @media(max-width: 767.98px) { ... }
IsSmallDown = = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.SmallDown);

/// Medium devices (tablets, less than 992px)
/// @media(max-width: 991.98px) { ... }
IsMediumDown = = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.MediumDown);

/// Large devices (desktops, less than 1200px)
/// @media(max-width: 1199.98px) { ... }
LargeDown = = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.LargeDown);

/// Small devices (landscape phones, 576px and up)
/// @media(min-width: 576px) and(max-width: 767.98px) { ... }
IsSmallOnly = = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.OnlySmall);

/// Medium devices (tablets, 768px and up)
/// @media(min-width: 768px) and(max-width: 991.98px) { ... }
IsMediumOnly = = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.OnlyMedium);

/// Large devices (desktops, 992px and up)
/// @media(min-width: 992px) and(max-width: 1199.98px) { ... }
IsOnlyLarge = = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.OnlyLarge);

/// <summary>
/// Combines two media queries with the `and` keyword.
/// Values must include parenthesis.
/// Ex: (min-width: 992px) and (max-width: 1199.98px)
Breakpoints.Between(string min, string max)

Example:
string BetweenMediumAndLargeOnly => Breakpoints.Between(Breakpoints.MediumUp, Breakpoints.LargeDown);
// out: "(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1199.98px)"

IsBetweenMediumAndLargeOnly = await listener.MatchMedia(BetweenMediumAndLargeOnly);

Listening for the Resize event

The ResizeListener is a service that allows your application to listen for the browser’s resize event. The ResizeListener is a throttled to improve performance and can be adjusted thru configuration. If you only need to respond the user’s device or screen size the MediaQueryList & MediaQuery components provide a more performant experience.

Configure DI

In startup.cs register ResizeListener with the applications service collection.

services.AddScoped<ResizeListener>();
//services.AddResizeListener(options =>
//                            {
//                                options.ReportRate = 300;
//                                options.EnableLogging = true;
//                                options.SuppressInitEvent = true;
//                            });

Usage

This example shows how to get the browsers width/height and check for media query matches. Depending on the matched media query the view can toggle between two components WeatherGrid or WeatherCards.

@inject IResizeListener listener
@implements IDisposable
@page "/fetchdata"

@using BlazorSize.Example.Data
@inject WeatherForecastService ForecastService

<h1>Weather forecast</h1>

<p>This component demonstrates adaptive rendering of a Blazor UI.</p>

<h3>Height: @browser.Height</h3>
<h3>Width: @browser.Width</h3>
<h3>MQ: @IsSmallMedia</h3>

@if (IsSmallMedia)
{
    
    <WeatherCards Data="forecasts"></WeatherCards>
}
else
{
    
    <WeatherGrid Data="forecasts"></WeatherGrid>
}

@code {
    WeatherForecast[] forecasts;

    // We can also capture the browser's width / height if needed. We hold the value here.
    BrowserWindowSize browser = new BrowserWindowSize();

    bool IsSmallMedia = false;

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
    {
        forecasts = await ForecastService.GetForecastAsync(DateTime.Now);
    }

    protected override void OnAfterRender(bool firstRender)
    {

        if (firstRender)
        {
            // Subscribe to the OnResized event. This will do work when the browser is resized.
            listener.OnResized += WindowResized;
        }
    }

    void IDisposable.Dispose()
    {
        // Always use IDisposable in your component to unsubscribe from the event.
        // Be a good citizen and leave things how you found them. 
        // This way event handlers aren't called when nobody is listening.
        listener.OnResized -= WindowResized;
    }

    // This method will be called when the window resizes.
    // It is ONLY called when the user stops dragging the window's edge. (It is already throttled to protect your app from perf. nightmares)
    async void WindowResized(object _, BrowserWindowSize window)
    {
        // Get the browsers's width / height
        browser = window;

        // Check a media query to see if it was matched. We can do this at any time, but it's best to check on each resize
        IsSmallMedia = await listener.MatchMedia(Breakpoints.SmallDown);

        // We're outside of the component's lifecycle, be sure to let it know it has to re-render.
        StateHasChanged();
    }

}

References
https://www.nuget.org/packages/BlazorPro.BlazorSize

.NET core app with SignalR with SSL with Apache Reverse Proxy Configuration

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
  RewriteEngine On
  ProxyPreserveHost On
  ProxyRequests Off

  # allow for upgrading to websockets
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} =websocket [NC]
  RewriteRule /(.*)           ws://localhost:5000/$1 [P,L]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} !=websocket [NC]
  RewriteRule /(.*)           http://localhost:5000/$1 [P,L]


  ProxyPass "/" "http://localhost:5000/"
  ProxyPassReverse "/" "http://localhost:5000/"

  ProxyPass "/chatHub" "ws://localhost:5000/chatHub"
  ProxyPassReverse "/chatHub" "ws://localhost:5000/chatHub"

  ServerName site.com
  
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/site.com/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/site.com/privkey.pem
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

References
https://gist.github.com/technoknol/f21ae396f463e78e431bd89cc41b83ee
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43552164/websocket-through-ssl-with-apache-reverse-proxy

Configure ASP.NET App with systemd Service file

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/kestrel-helloapp.service
[Unit]
Description=Example .NET Web API App running on Ubuntu

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/helloapp
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dotnet /var/www/helloapp/helloapp.dll
Restart=always
# Restart service after 10 seconds if the dotnet service crashes:
RestartSec=10
KillSignal=SIGINT
SyslogIdentifier=dotnet-example
User=www-data
Environment=ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
Environment=DOTNET_PRINT_TELEMETRY_MESSAGE=false

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Some values (for example, SQL connection strings) must be escaped for the configuration providers to read the environment variables. Use the following command to generate a properly escaped value for use in the configuration file:

systemd-escape "<value-to-escape>"
Environment=ConnectionStrings__DefaultConnection={Connection String}

And finallyset Content root :

Environment=ASPNETCORE_CONTENTROOT=/opt/bi/bi_web

Save the file and enable the service:

sudo systemctl enable kestrel-helloapp.service
sudo systemctl start kestrel-helloapp.service
sudo systemctl status kestrel-helloapp.service

References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/linux-nginx?view=aspnetcore-6.0#create-the-service-file
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/configuration/?view=aspnetcore-6.0#connection-string-prefixes
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/host/web-host?view=aspnetcore-6.0#content-root

Change Default Port Number of ASP.NET App

Server Endpoints

There is a file in root folder called appsettings.json with you can change the server related configuration, this is an example with Kestrel:

{
  "Logging": {
    "LogLevel": {
      "Default": "Information",
      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
    }
  },
  "AllowedHosts": "*",
  "Kestrel": {
    "Endpoints": {
      "Http": {
        "Url": "http://localhost:5400"
      },
      "Https": {
        "Url": "https://localhost:5401"
      }
    }
  }
}

From command line

You can run the application with the --urls parameter to specify the ports:

dotnet run --urls http://localhost:8076

References
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70332897/how-to-change-default-port-no-of-my-net-core-6-api

Adding Custom Fields to Identity User in ASP.NET Identity

public class ApplicationUser : IdentityUser
{
    public string CustomTag { get; set; }
}

Use the ApplicationUser type as a generic argument for the context:

public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>
{
    public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options)
        : base(options)
    {
    }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder)
    {
        base.OnModelCreating(builder);
    }
}

Update Pages/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml and replace IdentityUser with ApplicationUser:

@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity
@using WebApp1.Areas.Identity.Data
@inject SignInManager<ApplicationUser> SignInManager
@inject UserManager<ApplicationUser> UserManager

Update Areas/Identity/IdentityHostingStartup.cs or Startup.ConfigureServices and replace IdentityUser with ApplicationUser.

services.AddDefaultIdentity<ApplicationUser>(options => options.SignIn.RequireConfirmedAccount = true)
        .AddEntityFrameworkStores<ApplicationDbContext>();

 

References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authentication/customize-identity-model?view=aspnetcore-6.0#custom-user-data

Check authorization rules as part of procedural logic in ASP.NET Blazor

If the app is required to check authorization rules as part of procedural logic, use a cascaded parameter of type Task<AuthenticationState> to obtain the user’s ClaimsPrincipalTask<AuthenticationState> can be combined with other services, such as IAuthorizationService, to evaluate policies.

@using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization
@inject IAuthorizationService AuthorizationService

<button @onclick="@DoSomething">Do something important</button>

@code {
    [CascadingParameter]
    private Task<AuthenticationState> authenticationStateTask { get; set; }

    private async Task DoSomething()
    {
        var user = (await authenticationStateTask).User;

        if (user.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
        {
            // Perform an action only available to authenticated (signed-in) users.
        }

        if (user.IsInRole("admin"))
        {
            // Perform an action only available to users in the 'admin' role.
        }

        if ((await AuthorizationService.AuthorizeAsync(user, "content-editor"))
            .Succeeded)
        {
            // Perform an action only available to users satisfying the 
            // 'content-editor' policy.
        }
    }
}

References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/security/?view=aspnetcore-6.0#procedural-logic

Customize unauthorized content with the Router component in ASP.NET Blazor

The Router component, in conjunction with the AuthorizeRouteView component, allows the app to specify custom content if:

  • The user fails an [Authorize] condition applied to the component. The markup of the <NotAuthorized> element is displayed. The [Authorize] attribute is covered in the [Authorize] attribute section.
  • Asynchronous authorization is in progress, which usually means that the process of authenticating the user is in progress. The markup of the <Authorizing> element is displayed.
  • Content isn’t found. The markup of the <NotFound> element is displayed.
<CascadingAuthenticationState>
    <Router AppAssembly="@typeof(Program).Assembly">
        <Found Context="routeData">
            <AuthorizeRouteView RouteData="@routeData" 
                DefaultLayout="@typeof(MainLayout)">
                <NotAuthorized>
                    <h1>Sorry</h1>
                    <p>You're not authorized to reach this page.</p>
                    <p>You may need to log in as a different user.</p>
                </NotAuthorized>
                <Authorizing>
                    <h1>Authorization in progress</h1>
                    <p>Only visible while authorization is in progress.</p>
                </Authorizing>
            </AuthorizeRouteView>
        </Found>
        <NotFound>
            <LayoutView Layout="@typeof(MainLayout)">
                <h1>Sorry</h1>
                <p>Sorry, there's nothing at this address.</p>
            </LayoutView>
        </NotFound>
    </Router>
</CascadingAuthenticationState>

References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/security/?view=aspnetcore-6.0#customize-unauthorized-content-with-the-router-component