Online Users on ASP.NET Application

Question

Saw so many articles and links related to the same concept.

Counting online users using asp.net

Is there any ASP.NET application to monitor online user and page view log report?

Mine is little different. My application is MVC4 and using SimpleMembershipProvider. I am not sure why GetNumberOfUsersOnline is not working.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.security.membership.getnumberofusersonline(v=vs.110).aspx

Any Ideas ? How to do this in a easy and efficient way. I am just using this in only one place in my website.

Answer 1

I found this online it it looks like it will work for you. Just add this code to your Global.asax.cs file:

protected void Application_Start(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{

    Application.Lock();
    Application["UserCount"] = 0;

}
protected void Session_Start(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{

    Application.Lock();
    Application["UserCount"] = (int)Application["UserCount"] + 1;
    Application.UnLock();
}

protected void Session_End(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Application.Lock();
    Application["UserCount"] = (int)Application["UserCount"] - 1;
    Application.UnLock();

}

Then when you need to access the user count you can use:

var count = (int)Application["UserCount"];

Answer 2

You can use signalR to track connected users. Using this you can get count online efficiently & Real Time and also track connected users information. You can put condition to track logged in users also. So, Go with latest technology. You can implement with existing MVC application.

You can refer this official tutorial for the same.

http://www.asp.net/signalr