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Page Tracking in ASP.NET

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This articles explains how to track visitors to your web site.
using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;

using EAD.Controller;
using EAD.Constant;

namespace EAD.Utility
{
	public class PageTrackerUtil
	{
		private static string CreateTrackerPageListing(PageTracker tracker)
		{
			StringBuilder body = new StringBuilder();
			DateTime PreviousTime = DateTime.Now, FirstTime = DateTime.Now;
			TimeSpan ElapsedTime;
			bool first = true;

			body.Append("<br/><table bgcolor=\"#000099\" width=\"85%\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"1\">");

			if (tracker.Pages != null) 
			{
				ArrayList pages = tracker.Pages;

				string lastPage = string.Empty;

				body.Append("<tr><td class=\"TableLabel\">Visited Pages Count:</td><td class=\"Data\">" + pages.Count + "</td></tr>"  + Environment.NewLine);
				body.Append("<tr><td class=\"TableLabel\">Visited Pages</td><td class=\"TableLabel\">Elapsed Time</td></tr>"  + Environment.NewLine);
				foreach(PageData pti in pages)
				{
					if (first)
					{
						FirstTime = pti.Time;
						first = false;
					} 
					else
					{
						ElapsedTime = pti.Time.Subtract(PreviousTime);
						body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Data\">" + lastPage + "</td><td class=\"Data\">&nbsp;&nbsp;" + ElapsedTime.ToString().Substring(0, 8) + "</td></tr>"  + Environment.NewLine);
					}
					lastPage = pti.PageName;
					PreviousTime = pti.Time;
				}
				body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Data\">" + lastPage + "</td><td class=\"Data\">&nbsp;</td></tr>"  + Environment.NewLine);
				ElapsedTime = PreviousTime.Subtract(FirstTime);
				body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Data\">Total Time:</td><td class=\"Data\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>" + ElapsedTime.ToString().Substring(0, 8) + "</td></tr>"  + Environment.NewLine);
			} 
			else
			{	
				body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Data\">Visited Pages Count:</td><td class=\"Data\">0</td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);
			}
			body.Append("</table>");
			return body.ToString();
		}

		private static string CreateTrackerMessageBody(PageTracker tracker)
		{
			StringBuilder body = new StringBuilder();
			body.Append(HTMLUtility.EMailMessageStyleSheet());
			body.Append("<table bgcolor=\"#000099\" width=\"85%\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"1\">");
			body.Append("<tr>");
			body.Append("<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"TableLabel\">Page Tracking Information</td>");
			body.Append("</tr>");

			string GeoByte = tracker.IPCity + " " + tracker.IPRegion + " " + tracker.IPCountry;

			body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Label\">UserHostAddress:</td><td class=\"Data\">" + tracker.SessionUserHostAddress);
			body.Append("&nbsp;" +  GeoByte + "&nbsp;</td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);
			body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Label\">Date:</td><td class=\"Data\">" + DateTime.Now.ToString() + "</td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);
			body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Label\">UserAgent:</td><td class=\"Data\">" + tracker.SessionUserAgent + "</td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);
			body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Label\">Browser:</td><td class=\"Data\">" + tracker.Browser + "</td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);
			body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Label\">Crawler:</td><td class=\"Data\">" + tracker.Crawler + "</td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);


			string url = tracker.SessionURL;
			body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Label\">URL:</td><td class=\"Data\"><a href='" + url + "'>" + url +"</a></td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);

			if (tracker.SessionReferrer != null)
			{
				url = tracker.SessionReferrer;
				body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Label\">Referer:</td><td class=\"Data\"><a href='" + url + "'>" + url + "</a></td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);
			} 
			else
			{
				body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Label\">Referer:</td><td class=\"Data\">" + "</td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);
			}

			body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Label\">Visits:</td><td class=\"Data\">" + tracker.VisitCount.ToString() + "</td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);
			body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Label\">Orig Referer:</td><td class=\"Data\"><a href='" + tracker.OriginalReferrer + "'>" + tracker.OriginalReferrer + "</a></td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);
			body.Append("<tr><td class=\"Label\">Orig URL:</td><td class=\"Data\"><a href='" + tracker.OriginalURL + "'>" + tracker.OriginalURL + "</a></td></tr>" + Environment.NewLine);
			body.Append("</table>");

			return body.ToString();
		}

		private static bool PageVisit(string relativeFilePath)
		{
			// For partial page tracking.
			bool visit = true;
			return visit;
		}

		private static bool ValidTracking(HttpContext ctx)
		{
			string ip = ctx.Request.UserHostAddress;
			string[] arrayString;
			string loginID = string.Empty;

			if (ctx.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
			{
				string name = ctx.User.Identity.Name;
				if (name != null && name.Length > 0)
				{
					string[] str = name.Split(',');
					if (str.Length > 0)
					{
						loginID = name.Split(',')[0];
					}
				} 
			}


			#region IncludeIPList. If this is empty then go to ExcludeIPList
			string includeIPList = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["IncludeIPList"];
			if (includeIPList == null || includeIPList.Length == 0) goto ExcludeIPListCheck;
			if (includeIPList.Length > 0)
			{
				arrayString = includeIPList.Split(',');
				foreach(string str in arrayString)
				{
					if (ip.StartsWith(str))
					{
						return true;
					}
				}
			}			
			#endregion

			#region ExcludeIPList. 
			ExcludeIPListCheck:
			string defaultExcludeList = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ExcludeIPList"];
			if (defaultExcludeList == null) defaultExcludeList = "127.0.0.1,192.168,172.16,10.";
			if (defaultExcludeList.Length > 0)
			{
				arrayString = defaultExcludeList.Split(',');
				foreach(string str in arrayString)
				{
					if (ip.StartsWith(str))
					{
						return false;
					}
				}
			}
			#endregion

			// If there is no authenticated user then allow tracking to continue based upon IP criteria.
			if (loginID == string.Empty) return true;

			#region IncludeUserList
			string includeUserList = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["IncludeUserList"];
			if (includeUserList == null || includeUserList.Length == 0) goto ExcludeUserListCheck;
			if (includeUserList.Length > 0)
			{
				arrayString = includeUserList.Split(',');
				foreach(string str in arrayString)
				{
					if (loginID.Equals(str))
					{
						return true;
					}
				}
			}
			#endregion

			#region ExcludeIPList. 
			ExcludeUserListCheck:
			string excludeUserList = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ExcludeUserList"];
			if (excludeUserList == null || excludeUserList.Length == 0) return true;
			if (excludeUserList.Length > 0)
			{
				arrayString = excludeUserList.Split(',');
				foreach(string str in arrayString)
				{
					if (loginID.Equals(str))
					{
						return false;
					}
				}
			}
			#endregion

			return true;
		}

		private static void UpdateSessionConst(string key, PageTracker tracker)
		{
			if (SessionConst.Session[key] == null)
			{
				SessionConst.Session.Add(key,tracker);
			} 
			else
			{
				SessionConst.Session.Remove(key);
				SessionConst.Session.Add(key,tracker);
			}
		}
		public static void TrackSessionStart(HttpContext ctx)
		{
			string key = ctx.Session.SessionID;
			string siteTracking = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SiteTracking"];
			string ip = ctx.Request.UserHostAddress.ToString();
			if (siteTracking == null || siteTracking.Length == 0) return;
			if (siteTracking.ToLower() != "none" && ValidTracking(ctx))
			{
				PageTracker tracker = new PageTracker(ctx);
				UpdateSessionConst(key,tracker);
				EADUtility.SendMail(tracker.SessionUserHostAddress,CreateTrackerMessageBody(tracker));
			}
		}
		public static void TrackSessionEnd(string key)
		{
			string siteTracking = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SiteTracking"];
			if (siteTracking == null || siteTracking.Length == 0) return;
			if (siteTracking.ToLower() != "none")
			{
				if (SessionConst.Session[key] != null)
				{
					PageTracker tracker = (PageTracker) SessionConst.Session[key];
					SessionConst.Session.Remove(key);
					SessionConst.Page.Remove(key);
					if (tracker != null)
					{
						EADUtility.SendMail(tracker.SessionUserHostAddress+"-End",CreateTrackerMessageBody(tracker)+CreateTrackerPageListing(tracker));
					} 
				} 
			}
		}
		public static void TrackSessionPages(HttpContext ctx)
		{
			string siteTracking = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SiteTracking"];
			if (siteTracking == null || siteTracking.Length == 0 || siteTracking.ToLower() == "none") return;
			if (ctx.Session == null) return;

			string key = ctx.Session.SessionID;
			siteTracking = siteTracking.ToLower();
			if (siteTracking == "full" || siteTracking == "partial")
			{
				if (SessionConst.Session[key] != null)
				{
					PageTracker tracker = (PageTracker) SessionConst.Session[key];
					if (tracker != null)
					{
						string relativeFilePath = ctx.Request.Url.AbsolutePath.Remove(0, ctx.Request.ApplicationPath.Length).ToLower();
						// Remove things after ? mark.
						int pos = relativeFilePath.IndexOf("?");
						if (pos > 0)
						{
							relativeFilePath = relativeFilePath.Substring(0,pos);
						}
						if (siteTracking == "full")
						{
							tracker.AddPage(relativeFilePath);
						} 
						else if (PageVisit(relativeFilePath))
						{
							tracker.AddPage(relativeFilePath);
						}
						UpdateSessionConst(key,tracker);
					}
				}
			} 
		}
	}
}

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