HttpContext.Current is null

[jchannon]

Hi!

In your hub example https://github.com/mdevilliers/SignalR.RabbitMq/blob/master/SignalR.RabbitMQ.Example/Chat.cs if you add

public override Task OnConnected()
{
    var s = HttpContext.Current;

    return base.OnConnected();
}

HttpContext.Current is null.

If you take out GlobalHost.DependencyResolver.UseRabbitMq(configuration); in Global.asax and run the app up then its no longer null.

The issue I have with this is when I use OnConnected in my app I add users to a group. The name of the group is determined by an extension method I have on HttpContext.Current

public override Task OnConnected()
{
    string name = HttpContext.Current.GetMyAppUserId().ToString();

    Groups.Add(Context.ConnectionId, name);

    return base.OnConnected();
}

Is this a bug or something dumb I am not understanding?

[jchannon]

Turns out I can use Context.User as a property on the hub and make my GetMyAppUserId method public so i can access it and it all works

[danbarua]

@jchannon PEBKAC

[jchannon]

:p

[mdevilliers]

Cool - so are you good?

[jchannon]

Yup think so, don't understand why Current is null though

[timc13]

HttpContext.Current is not initiated in the context of Signal R. I believe you can use Context.Request.GetHttpContext()

[mdevilliers]

I think Tim is correct, also confirmed by the dfowler it looks like this can't be relied on to be there.