Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'value') - c#

I have created a method where a user can log into my application and then a Token is sent to the user so it can be used to view any other views in the application.When i test the login method on postman i get the 500 server error as below instead of the token. I have seen similar questions/posts but haven't seen one that is related to JWT
Below is the output
System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'value')
at System.Security.Claims.Claim..ctor(String type, String value, String valueType, String issuer, String originalIssuer, ClaimsIdentity subject, String propertyKey, String propertyValue)
at System.Security.Claims.Claim..ctor(String type, String value)
at Coop_Marketing.Controllers.AccountController.Login(LoginViewModel formdata) in /Users/Ken/Desktop/Coop_Marketing/Coop_Marketing/Coop_Marketing/Controllers/AccountController.cs:line 101
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ActionMethodExecutor.TaskOfIActionResultExecutor.Execute(IActionResultTypeMapper mapper, ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object controller, Object[] arguments)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.g__Awaited|12_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, ValueTask`1 actionResultValueTask)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.g__Awaited|10_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Rethrow(ActionExecutedContextSealed context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.g__Awaited|13_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.g__Awaited|24_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Rethrow(ResourceExecutedContextSealed context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.g__Awaited|19_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.g__Awaited|17_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task task, IDisposable scope)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.EndpointMiddleware.g__AwaitRequestTask|6_0(Endpoint endpoint, Task requestTask, ILogger logger)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.AuthenticationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.DeveloperExceptionPageMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
The Account controller with the login method is below
public async Task<IActionResult> Login([FromBody] LoginViewModel formdata)
{
// Get the User from database
var user = await _userManager.FindByNameAsync(formdata.Username);
var roles = await _userManager.GetRolesAsync(user);
var key = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_appSettings.Secret));
double tokenExpiryTime = Convert.ToDouble(_appSettings.ExpireTime);
if(user !=null && await _userManager.CheckPasswordAsync(user,formdata.Password))
{
var tokenhandler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
// Describe the token used by the user to log in
var tokenDescriptor = new SecurityTokenDescriptor
{
Subject = new ClaimsIdentity(new Claim[]
{
new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Sub, formdata.Username),
new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Jti, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, user.Id),
new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, roles.FirstOrDefault()),
new Claim("LoggedOn", DateTime.Now.ToString()),
}),
SigningCredentials = new SigningCredentials(key, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256Signature),
Issuer = _appSettings.Site,
Audience = _appSettings.Audience,
Expires = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(tokenExpiryTime)
};
// Generate the token
var token = tokenhandler.CreateToken(tokenDescriptor);
return Ok(new {token= tokenhandler.WriteToken(token), expiration = token.ValidTo,username = user.UserName,userRole = roles.FirstOrDefault()});
}
// Return error
ModelState.AddModelError("","Username/Password was not Found");
return Unauthorized(new { LoginError = "Please check the Login Credentials - Invalid Username/Password was entered" });
}
}
}
And the LoginViewModel
public class LoginViewModel
{
[Required]
[Display(Name = "User Name")]
public string Username { get; set; }
[Required]
[DataType(DataType.Password)]
public string Password { get; set; }
}
The problem is with > var tokenDescriptor = new SecurityTokenDescriptor as per line 101 in the code which is mentioned in the output. However,I have failed to figure out why I am getting the error.

So it is like Claim has a null parameter. for that, you found this issue.
Update your code like below:-
.....
Subject = new ClaimsIdentity(new Claim[]
{
new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.NameId,formdata.UserName), //modified
new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Jti, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Sub, user.Id.ToString()), //modified
new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, roles.FirstOrDefault()),
new Claim("LoggedOn", DateTime.Now.ToString()),
}),
.....
Hope it will resolve your issue.

As you can see in the official documentation, the constructor will throw an argument null exception when the claim type/value is null.
So it seems you are passing a null value(s) to the Claim constructor when creating the Claim object array.
As #Jasen mentioned to make the debugging easier change the one-line Claims array creation just for debugging and put a breakpoint to identify which claim is the culprit.

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JWT: 'System.String' has three segments but is not in proper JWS format

I have an idToken string that is returned by google-sign-in use in mobile app with flutter and firebase:
Code in flutter
import 'package:firebase_auth/firebase_auth.dart';
import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
import 'package:google_sign_in/google_sign_in.dart';
class Authentication {
static GoogleSignIn googleSignIn;
static Future<User> signInWithGoogle(BuildContext context) async {
FirebaseAuth auth = FirebaseAuth.instance;
User user;
googleSignIn = GoogleSignIn();
final GoogleSignInAccount googleSignInAccount = await googleSignIn.signIn();
if (googleSignInAccount != null) {
final GoogleSignInAuthentication googleSignInAuthentication =
await googleSignInAccount.authentication;
final AuthCredential credential = GoogleAuthProvider.credential(
accessToken: googleSignInAuthentication.accessToken,
idToken: googleSignInAuthentication.idToken,
);
try {
final UserCredential userCredential =
await auth.signInWithCredential(credential);
user = userCredential.user;
} on FirebaseAuthException catch (e) {
if (e.code == 'account-exists-with-different-credential') {
// handle the error here
} else if (e.code == 'invalid-credential') {
// handle the error here
}
} catch (e) {
// handle the error here
}
print("Credential token: ${credential.token}");
print("Credential provider id: ${credential.providerId}");
print("AccessToken: ${googleSignInAuthentication.accessToken}");
print("ID Token: ${googleSignInAuthentication.idToken}");
print("AccessToken.length: ${googleSignInAuthentication.accessToken.length}");
print("IdToken.length: ${googleSignInAuthentication.idToken.length}");
}
return user;
}
static Future signOut() async {
await googleSignIn.signOut();
FirebaseAuth.instance.signOut();
}
}
ID token is returned.
And I use this code to decode it:
public JwtPayload PayloadInfo(string idToken)
{
var jwtToken = new JwtSecurityToken(idToken);
JwtPayload payload = jwtToken.Payload;
return payload;
}
It works fine in the console app but with the .net 5 web API it fail with error:
System.ArgumentException: IDX12739: JWT: 'System.String' has three segments but is not in proper JWS format.
I research that my idToken is not in JWS type... and I don't know how to solve this.
Weirdly, the function PayloadInfo works fine in C# console app but in the web API, it doesn't.
Controller
[HttpPost("login-google")]
[MapToApiVersion("1.0")]
public async Task<IActionResult> GoogleLoginAsync(
[FromBody] ExternalAuthModel model)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
var result = await
_userService.GoogleExternalLoginAsync(model);
if (result.IsSuccess)
{
return Ok(result);
}
return BadRequest(result);
}
return BadRequest("Somethings going wrong...");
}
ExternalAuthModel
public class ExternalAuthModel
{
public string Provider { get; set; }
public string IdToken { get; set; }
}
GoogleExternalLoginAsync function in my Service
public async Task<UserManagerResponse> GoogleExternalLoginAsync(ExternalAuthModel model)
{
var payload = _jwtHandler.PayloadInfo(model.IdToken);
if (payload is null)
{
return new UserManagerResponse
{
Message = "Invalid google authentication.",
IsSuccess = false
};
}
var info = new UserLoginInfo(model.Provider, payload.Sub, model.Provider);
var user = await _userManager.FindByLoginAsync(info.LoginProvider, info.ProviderKey);
if (user is null)
{
user = await _userManager.FindByEmailAsync(payload["email"].ToString());
await _userManager.CreateAsync(user);
if (!await _roleManager.RoleExistsAsync(UserRoles.User))
await _roleManager.CreateAsync(new IdentityRole(UserRoles.User));
await _userManager.AddToRoleAsync(user, UserRoles.User);
await _userManager.AddLoginAsync(user, info);
}
else
{
await _userManager.AddLoginAsync(user, info);
}
if (user is null)
{
return new UserManagerResponse
{
Message = "Invalid google authentication.",
IsSuccess = false
};
}
var token = await _jwtHandler.GenerateToken(user);
return new UserManagerResponse
{
Message = token[0],
IsSuccess = true,
ExpireDate = DateTime.Parse(token[1])
};
}
PayloadInfo function
public JwtPayload PayloadInfo(string idToken)
{
// Exception when excute this line... it says my idToken is not in
// JWS compact format....
var jwtToken = new JwtSecurityToken(idToken);
JwtPayload payload = jwtToken.Payload;
return payload;
}
Log...
2021-07-04T16:10:30.3810628+07:00 [ERR] An unhandled exception has occurred while executing the request. (48a46595)
System.ArgumentException: IDX12739: JWT: 'System.String' has three segments but is not in proper JWS format.
at System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt.JwtSecurityToken..ctor(String jwtEncodedString)
at FTask.AuthServices.Helpers.JwtHandler.PayloadInfo(String idToken) in D:\cn7\Project\hao\ftask\FTask.AuthServices\Helpers\JwtHandler.cs:line 83
at FTask.AuthServices.Services.UserService.GoogleExternalLoginAsync(ExternalAuthModel model) in D:\cn7\Project\hao\ftask\FTask.AuthServices\Services\UserService.cs:line 163
at FTask.Api.Controllers.AuthController.GoogleLoginAsync(ExternalAuthModel model) in D:\cn7\Project\hao\ftask\FTask.Api\Controllers\AuthController.cs:line 109
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ActionMethodExecutor.TaskOfIActionResultExecutor.Execute(IActionResultTypeMapper mapper, ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object controller, Object[] arguments)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeActionMethodAsync>g__Awaited|12_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, ValueTask`1 actionResultValueTask)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeNextActionFilterAsync>g__Awaited|10_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Rethrow(ActionExecutedContextSealed context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeInnerFilterAsync()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeFilterPipelineAsync>g__Awaited|19_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeAsync>g__Awaited|17_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task task, IDisposable scope)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.EndpointMiddleware.<Invoke>g__AwaitRequestTask|6_0(Endpoint endpoint, Task requestTask, ILogger logger)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.AuthorizationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.AuthenticationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
at Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerUI.SwaggerUIMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
at Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Swagger.SwaggerMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext httpContext, ISwaggerProvider swaggerProvider)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.DeveloperExceptionPageMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
Please test this:
public JwtPayload GetPayload()
{
var token = "<your token>";
var handler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
var tokenData = handler.ReadJwtToken(token);
return tokenData.Payload;
}
i tested your token in .Net 5 Web API and got this result:

Creating a new comment only works once

I created a method for posting comments on a post. Everything works fine when I first post a comment. It appears under the post, it's saved in the database etc. However, if I want to create a second comment right away (without refreshing the page- because this way it does work) I get this error:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Update: Error: An exception occurred in the database while saving changes for context type 'JoyAndFaithLicenta.Data.DataContext'.
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbUpdateException: An error occurred while updating the entries. See the inner exception for details.
---> Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'AspNetUsers' when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF.
at Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.<>c.<ExecuteDbDataReaderAsync>b__169_0(Task`1 result)
at System.Threading.Tasks.ContinuationResultTaskFromResultTask`2.InnerInvoke()
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c.<.cctor>b__274_0(Object obj)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task& currentTaskSlot, Thread threadPoolThread)
at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Update.ReaderModificationCommandBatch.ExecuteAsync
(IRelationalConnection connection, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Update.Internal.BatchExecutor.ExecuteAsync(IEnumerable`1 commandBatches, IRelationalConnection connection, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Update.Internal.BatchExecutor.ExecuteAsync(IEnumerable`1 commandBatches, IRelationalConnection connection, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Update.Internal.BatchExecutor.ExecuteAsync(IEnumerable`1 commandBatches, IRelationalConnection connection, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.ChangeTracking.Internal.StateManager.SaveChangesAsync(IList`1 entriesToSave, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.ChangeTracking.Internal.StateManager.SaveChangesAsync(DbContext _, Boolean acceptAllChangesOnSuccess, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Storage.Internal.SqlServerExecutionStrategy.ExecuteAsync[TState,TResult](TState state, Func`4 operation, Func`4 verifySucceeded, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext.SaveChangesAsync(Boolean acceptAllChangesOnSuccess, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext.SaveChangesAsync(Boolean acceptAllChangesOnSuccess, CancellationToken cancellationToken) at JoyAndFaithLicenta.Data.UserRepository.SaveAllAsync() in C:\Users\Georgia\source\repos\JoyAndFaithLicenta\JoyAndFaithLicenta\Data\UserRepository.cs:line 84 at JoyAndFaithLicenta.Helpers.LogUserActivity.OnActionExecutionAsync(ActionExecutingContext context, ActionExecutionDelegate next) in C:\Users\Georgia\source\repos\JoyAndFaithLicenta\JoyAndFaithLicenta\Helpers\LogUserActivity.cs:line 30 at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeNextActionFilterAsync>g__Awaited|10_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted) at
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Rethrow(ActionExecutedContextSealed context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted) at
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeInnerFilterAsync>g__Awaited|13_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted) at
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeNextResourceFilter>g__Awaited|24_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted) at
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Rethrow(ResourceExecutedContextSealed context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted) at
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeFilterPipelineAsync>g__Awaited|19_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted) at
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeAsync>g__Logged|17_1(ResourceInvoker invoker) at
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.EndpointMiddleware.<Invoke>g__AwaitRequestTask|6_0(Endpoint endpoint, Task requestTask, ILogger logger) at
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.AuthorizationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.AuthenticationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context) at JoyAndFaithLicenta.Middleware.ExceptionMiddleware.InvokeAsync(HttpContext context) in C:\Users\Georgia\source\repos\JoyAndFaithLicenta\JoyAndFaithLicenta\Middleware\ExceptionMiddleware.cs:line 33
Why is that? It's the only functionality where I have this problem. However, every other functionality has a SaveAsync() method created in the repository, and I have not created a repository for the comments, so I'm using DataContext: _context.SaveChangesAsync().
This is the method for posting a comment:
[HttpPost("create/{postId}")]
public async Task<ActionResult<CommentDto>> PostComment(CommentDto commentDto, int postId)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid) return BadRequest("Not a valid model");
var user = await _userRepository.GetUserByUsernameAsync(User.GetUsername());
var comment = new Comment
{
PostId = postId,
UserId = user.Id,
Text = commentDto.Text,
Created = commentDto.Created,
User = commentDto.User
};
_context.Comments.Add(comment);
await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
return new CommentDto
{
PostId = comment.PostId,
UserId = comment.UserId,
Text = comment.Text,
Created = comment.Created,
User = comment.User
};
}
And this is the comment entity:
public class Comment
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public DateTime Created { get; set; } = DateTime.Now;
public string Text { get; set; }
[ForeignKey("UserId")]
public User User { get; set; }
public int UserId { get; set; }
[ForeignKey("PostId")]
public Post Post { get; set; }
public int? PostId { get; set; }
}
I can't see your onModelCreating function, but i think it is caused because you have not [Key] in your comment id.
public class Comment
{
[Key]
public int Id { get; set; }
public DateTime Created { get; set; } = DateTime.Now;
public string Text { get; set; }
[ForeignKey("UserId")]
public User User { get; set; }
public int UserId { get; set; }
[ForeignKey("PostId")]
public Post Post { get; set; }
public int? PostId { get; set; }
}
Then database will use Id as Key, and you are sure that keys aren't repeated.
Also, i think that you are injected DataContext service wrong.
Try to make the same job like this:
using(var cnx = new DataContext()
{
var comment = new Comment
{
PostId = postId,
UserId = user.Id,
Text = commentDto.Text,
Created = commentDto.Created,
User = commentDto.User
};
cnx.Comments.Add(comment);
await cnx.SaveChangesAsync();
}
If it works, its probplem with your DI in Startup.cs.
Remember, the best way to inject DataContext of EntityFramework is:
services.AddDbContext<DataContext>();
According to below code
var comment = new Comment
{
PostId = postId,
UserId = user.Id,
Text = commentDto.Text,
Created = commentDto.Created,
User = commentDto.User
};
You are trying to insert a new User as well. Since you are trying to create a new user with assigned ID you are getting this error. Because Aspnetuser table does not allow to pass ID explicitly since IDENTITY_INSERT is set to false by default.
I am not sure why you want to insert a user as well along with comment. Probably it can be a requirement. If you really want to create a user, then your User object should not have a assigned ID value.
If this is by mistake change User to UserId.

Polymorphic model binding for generic type parameter

I'm sending a partial object along with a file.
var formData = new FormData();
formData.append('model', JSON.stringify({ ... }));
formData.append('file', file, file.name)
// send formData to backend
My controller method is using Delta<T> from OData.
[HttpPatch("{id}")]
public async Task<IActionResult> Patch(
[FromRoute] Guid id,
[ModelBinder(BinderType = typeof(FormDataJsonBinder))] Delta<AbstractModel> model,
IFormFile file = null
)
However I'm not sending Delta<AbstractModel> as AbstractModel is an abstract class. So I'm really sending Delta<DerivedModel> or Delta<AnotherDerivedModel> etc...
My problem is that ASP.NET keeps throwing saying that it cannot cast to Delta<DerivedModel>
System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'Microsoft.AspNet.OData.Delta`1[DerivedModel]' to type 'Microsoft.AspNet.OData.Delta`1[AbstractModel]'.
at lambda_method308(Closure , Object , Object[] )
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ActionMethodExecutor.TaskOfIActionResultExecutor.Execute(IActionResultTypeMapper mapper, ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object controller, Object[] arguments)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeActionMethodAsync>g__Awaited|12_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, ValueTask`1 actionResultValueTask)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeNextActionFilterAsync>g__Awaited|10_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Rethrow(ActionExecutedContextSealed context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeInnerFilterAsync>g__Awaited|13_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeNextResourceFilter>g__Awaited|24_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
Here's my FormDataJsonBinder
public class FormDataJsonBinder : IModelBinder
{
public async Task BindModelAsync(ModelBindingContext bindingContext)
{
if (bindingContext == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(bindingContext));
// Fetch the value of the argument by name and set it to the model state
string fieldName = bindingContext.FieldName;
var valueProviderResult = bindingContext.ValueProvider.GetValue(fieldName);
if (valueProviderResult == ValueProviderResult.None) return Task.CompletedTask;
else bindingContext.ModelState.SetModelValue(fieldName, valueProviderResult);
// Do nothing if the value is null or empty
string value = valueProviderResult.FirstValue;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)) return Task.CompletedTask;
try
{
// Delta is a special case
if (bindingContext.ModelType.IsAssignableTo(typeof(Delta)))
{
var jsonObject = JObject.Parse(value);
// This extracts type T from Delta<T>
var innerModelType = bindingContext.ModelType.GenericTypeArguments.First();
if (jsonObject["#odata.type"] is not null)
{
var odataType = jsonObject["#odata.type"].Value<string>();
innerModelType = Type.GetType(odataType);
}
var innerModel = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(value, innerModelType);
var deltaType = typeof(Delta<>).MakeGenericType(innerModelType);
var delta = Activator.CreateInstance(deltaType) as IDelta;
foreach (var property in jsonObject.Properties())
{
delta.TrySetPropertyValue(property.Name, innerModel.GetType().GetProperty(property.Name)?.GetValue(innerModel));
}
bindingContext.Result = ModelBindingResult.Success(delta);
}
else
{
// Deserialize the provided value and set the binding result
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(value, bindingContext.ModelType);
bindingContext.Result = ModelBindingResult.Success(result);
}
}
catch (JsonException)
{
bindingContext.Result = ModelBindingResult.Failed();
}
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
}
I also tried using a IModelBinderProvider as recommended here, but that also just throws "cannot cast to Delta<DerivedModel>"
The solution was to create the Delta object the right way.
var delta = Activator.CreateInstance(bindingContext.ModelType, innerModelType) as IDelta;

Threading issue when using IViewComponentHelper to convert ViewComponent to HTML string

I'm trying to use IViewComponentHelper in a multi threaded manner. But it's throwing :( (see full exception at bottom of post)
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.DefaultHttpContext.get_Items()
I have no idea why.
Here's my setup: (simplified for brevity)
Controller:
public async Task<IActionResult> Get()
{
var pdfStream = await _pdfService.GenerateAsync();
return File(pdfStream, "application/pdf");
}
PdfService:
public class PdfService
{
private readonly PdfSDK _pdfSDK;
public constructor(PdfSDK pdfSDK)
{
_pdfSDK = pdfSDK;
}
public async Task<Stream> GenerateAsync()
{
List<Task<PdfDocument>> tasks = await _context.Foos.Select(x => DoWorkAsync(x));
var pdfs = await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
var mergedPdf = _pdfSDK.MergePdfs(pdfs);
return mergedPdf.Stream;
}
private async Task<PdfDocument> DoWorkAsync(Foo foo)
{
var html = await _renderViewComponentService.RenderViewComponentAsStringAsync<MyViewComponent>(foo);
var document = await _pdfSDK.HtmlToDocumentAsync(html);
return document;
}
}
PdfSDK:
public class PdfSDK
{
public async Task<PdfDocument> HtmlToDocumentAsync(string html)
{
using var pdfEngine = new PdfEngine();
var pdf = await pdfEngine.HtmlAsPdfAsync(html);
return pdf;
}
public PdfDocument MergePdfs(params PdfDocument[] pdfs)
{
var pdf = PdfDocument.Merge(pdfs);
return pdf;
}
}
MyViewComponent:
public class MyViewComponent : ViewComponent
{
public IViewComponentResult Invoke(Foo args)
{
return View(args);
}
}
Default.cshtml
#model Foo
<h1>Hello from #Foo.Id<h1>
RenderViewComponentService:
public class RenderViewComponentService
{
private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
private readonly ITempDataProvider _tempDataProvider;
private readonly IViewComponentHelper _viewComponentHelper;
public RenderViewComponentService(
IServiceProvider serviceProvider,
ITempDataProvider tempDataProvider,
IViewComponentHelper viewComponentHelper
)
{
_serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
_tempDataProvider = tempDataProvider;
_viewComponentHelper = viewComponentHelper;
}
public async Task<string> RenderViewComponentAsStringAsync<TViewComponent>(object args)
where TViewComponent : ViewComponent
{
var viewContext = GetFakeViewContext();
(_viewComponentHelper as IViewContextAware).Contextualize(viewContext);
// this appears to call InvokeAsync in TViewComponent, but it'll also call Invoke (synchronously) if it's implemented
// see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/view-components?view=aspnetcore-3.1#perform-synchronous-work
var htmlContent = await _viewComponentHelper.InvokeAsync<TViewComponent>(args); // exception is thrown here!
using var stringWriter = new StringWriter();
htmlContent.WriteTo(stringWriter, HtmlEncoder.Default);
var html = stringWriter.ToString();
return html;
}
private ViewContext GetFakeViewContext(ActionContext actionContext = null, TextWriter writer = null)
{
actionContext ??= GetFakeActionContext();
var viewData = new ViewDataDictionary(new EmptyModelMetadataProvider(), new ModelStateDictionary());
var tempData = new TempDataDictionary(actionContext.HttpContext, _tempDataProvider);
var viewContext = new ViewContext(
actionContext,
NullView.Instance,
viewData,
tempData,
writer ?? TextWriter.Null,
new HtmlHelperOptions());
return viewContext;
}
private ActionContext GetFakeActionContext()
{
var httpContext = new DefaultHttpContext
{
RequestServices = _serviceProvider,
};
var routeData = new RouteData();
var actionDescriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
return new ActionContext(httpContext, routeData, actionDescriptor);
}
private class NullView : IView
{
public static readonly NullView Instance = new NullView();
public string Path => string.Empty;
public Task RenderAsync(ViewContext context)
{
if (context == null) { throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context)); }
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
}
}
Exception:
fail: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.DeveloperExceptionPageMiddleware[1]
An unhandled exception has occurred while executing the request.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.DefaultHttpContext.get_Items()
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing.UrlHelperFactory.GetUrlHelper(ActionContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorPageActivator.<>c__DisplayClass4_0.<.ctor>b__0(ViewContext context)
at Microsoft.Extensions.Internal.PropertyActivator`1.Activate(Object instance, TContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorPagePropertyActivator.Activate(Object page, ViewContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorPageActivator.Activate(IRazorPage page, ViewContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorView.RenderPageCoreAsync(IRazorPage page, ViewContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorView.RenderPageAsync(IRazorPage page, ViewContext context, Boolean invokeViewStarts)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RazorView.RenderAsync(ViewContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.ViewViewComponentResult.ExecuteAsync(ViewComponentContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentInvoker.InvokeAsync(ViewComponentContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents.DefaultViewComponentHelper.InvokeCoreAsync(ViewComponentDescriptor descriptor, Object arguments)
at MyProject.Services.RenderViewComponentService.RenderViewComponentToStringAsync[TViewComponent](Object args) in MyProject\Services\RenderViewComponentService.cs:line ??
at MyProject.Services.PdfService.DoWorkAsync(Foo foo) in MyProject\Services\PdfService.cs:line ??
at MyProject.Services.PdfService.GenerateAsync() in MyProject\Services\PdfService.cs:line ??
at MyProject.Controllers.MyController.Get() in MyProject\Controllers\MyController.cs:line ??
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ActionMethodExecutor.TaskOfIActionResultExecutor.Execute(IActionResultTypeMapper mapper, ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object controller, Object[] arguments)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeActionMethodAsync>g__Awaited|12_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, ValueTask`1 actionResultValueTask)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeNextActionFilterAsync>g__Awaited|10_0(ControllerActionInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Rethrow(ActionExecutedContextSealed context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.<InvokeInnerFilterAsync>g__Awaited|13_0(ControllerActionInvoker
invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeNextResourceFilter>g__Awaited|24_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task
lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Rethrow(ResourceExecutedContextSealed context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeFilterPipelineAsync>g__Awaited|19_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeAsync>g__Awaited|17_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task task, IDisposable scope)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.EndpointMiddleware.<Invoke>g__AwaitRequestTask|6_0(Endpoint endpoint, Task requestTask, ILogger logger)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.HeaderPropagation.HeaderPropagationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.AuthorizationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.AuthenticationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.DeveloperExceptionPageMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
I think the problem is how I Contextualize the IViewComponentHelper. But I'm at a loss on how else to do it.
Can you spot anything I'm doing wrong?

Hash added into a POST http request

I'm trying to integrate a hash into my database, which is generated by a POST request when creating a new user.
The APIs being new to me, I don't really understand the error and why my code failed. Is someone can explain to me what I am doing wrong and how I could make this work ?
Here's the code I wrote :
Controller
//POST: api/user/
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult<User> PostUserItem(User user)
{
string Hash = RandomNumberGenerator.GetInt32(1000, 9999).ToString();
SHA512 sha512 = SHA512.Create(Hash);
string Hashed = sha512.ToString();
user.Token_Validation = Hashed;
_context.UserItems.Add(user);
_context.SaveChanges();
return CreatedAtAction("GetUserItem", new User{idUser=user.idUser}, user);
}
Model
[Table("USERS")]
public class User
{
[Key]
public int idUser { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string lastName { get; set; }
public string email { get; set; }
public string pwd { get; set; }
public string Token_Validation { get; set; }
}
DBContext
public class RouteContext : DbContext
{
public RouteContext(DbContextOptions<RouteContext> options) : base(options)
{
}
public DbSet<User> UserItems { get; set; }
}
And here's the ERROR 500 I got when trying to use my API
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at LocalBeers.Controllers.UserController.PostUserItem(User user) in /var/www/html/backend/Controllers/UserController.cs:line 46
at lambda_method(Closure , Object , Object[] )
at Microsoft.Extensions.Internal.ObjectMethodExecutor.Execute(Object target, Object[] parameters)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ActionMethodExecutor.SyncObjectResultExecutor.Execute(IActionResultTypeMapper mapper, ObjectMethodExecutor executor, Object controller, Object[] arguments)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionMethodAsync()
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeNextActionFilterAsync()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Rethrow(ActionExecutedContextSealed context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeInnerFilterAsync()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeNextResourceFilter>g__Awaited|24_0(ResourceInvoker invoker, Task lastTask, State next, Scope scope, Object state, Boolean isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Rethrow(ResourceExecutedContextSealed context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.Next(State& next, Scope& scope, Object& state, Boolean& isCompleted)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.InvokeFilterPipelineAsync()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure.ResourceInvoker.<InvokeAsync>g__Logged|17_1(ResourceInvoker invoker)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.EndpointMiddleware.<Invoke>g__AwaitRequestTask|6_0(Endpoint endpoint, Task requestTask, ILogger logger)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.AuthorizationMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.DeveloperExceptionPageMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
This is incorrect:
string Hash = RandomNumberGenerator.GetInt32(1000, 9999).ToString();
SHA512 sha512 = SHA512.Create(Hash);
...At this point, sha512 is null and the next line throws NullReferenceException which causes the server to return an HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error) status.
The SHA512.Create(String) overload expects the name of an implementation, not the data you want to hash.
More information here.
Instead, try something like this:
var random = RandomNumberGenerator.GetInt32(1000, 9999).ToString();
string hashed = string.Empty;
using (SHA512 sha512 = SHA512.Create())
{
var hashValue = sha512.ComputeHash(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(random));
hashed = System.Convert.ToBase64String(hashValue);
}
user.Token_Validation = hashed;

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