Forward SignalR requests through the web app

src/Web/WebMVC/AppSettings.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 public class AppSettings
 {
     public string PurchaseUrl { get; set; }
-    public string SignalrHubUrl { get; set; }
     public bool UseCustomizationData { get; set; }
 }

src/Web/WebMVC/Extensions/Extensions.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Fix samesite issue when running eShop from docker-compose locally as by default http protocol is being used
 // Refer to https://github.com/dotnet-architecture/eShopOnContainers/issues/1391
+using Yarp.ReverseProxy.Forwarder;
+
 internal static class Extensions
 {
     public static void AddHealthChecks(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
@@ -82,4 +84,27 @@ internal static class Extensions
             options.Scope.Add("webhooks");
         });
     }
+
+    public static IEndpointConventionBuilder MapForwardSignalR(this WebApplication app)
+    {
+        // Forward the SignalR traffic to the bff
+        var destination = app.Configuration.GetRequiredValue("PurchaseUrl");
+        var authTransformer = new BffAuthTransfomer();
+        var requestConfig = new ForwarderRequestConfig();
+
+        return app.MapForwarder("/hub/notificationhub/{**any}", destination, requestConfig, authTransformer);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class BffAuthTransfomer : HttpTransformer
+    {
+        public override async ValueTask TransformRequestAsync(HttpContext httpContext, HttpRequestMessage proxyRequest, string destinationPrefix, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            // Set the access token as a bearer token for the outgoing request
+            var accessToken = await httpContext.GetTokenAsync("access_token");
+
+            proxyRequest.Headers.Authorization = new("Bearer", accessToken);
+
+            await base.TransformRequestAsync(httpContext, proxyRequest, destinationPrefix, cancellationToken);
+        }
+    }
 }

src/Web/WebMVC/Program.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 builder.AddServiceDefaults();
 
+builder.Services.AddHttpForwarder();
 builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews();
 
 builder.Services.AddHealthChecks(builder.Configuration);
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ app.UseAuthorization();
 app.MapControllerRoute("default", "{controller=Catalog}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
 app.MapControllerRoute("defaultError", "{controller=Error}/{action=Error}");
 app.MapControllers();
+app.MapForwardSignalR();
 
 WebContextSeed.Seed(app, app.Environment);
 

src/Web/WebMVC/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml

@@ -86,35 +86,23 @@
 
     @RenderSection("scripts", required: false)
 
-
-    @using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication;
-    @using Microsoft.Extensions.Options
-    @inject IOptions<AppSettings> settings
-
     <script type="text/javascript">
         if ('@User.Identity.IsAuthenticated' === 'True') {
             var timerId;
 
-            stablishConnection((conn) => registerNotificationHandlers(conn));                                  
+            connect();
         }
 
-        function stablishConnection(cb) {
+        async function connect() {
             let connection = new signalR.HubConnectionBuilder()
-                .withUrl('@settings.Value.SignalrHubUrl/hub/notificationhub', {
+                .withUrl('/hub/notificationhub')
-                    accessTokenFactory: () => {
-                        return "Authorization", getToken();
-                    }
-                })
                 .withAutomaticReconnect()
                 .build();
 
-            connection.start().then(function () {
+            await connection.start();
-                console.log('User Registered to Signalr Hub');
+
-                cb(connection);
+            console.log('User Registered to Signalr Hub');
-            });       
-        }
 
-        function registerNotificationHandlers(connection) {
             connection.on("UpdatedOrderState", (message) => {
                 toastr.success('Updated to status: ' + message.status, 'Order Id: ' + message.orderId);
                 if (window.location.pathname.split("/").pop() === 'Order') {
@@ -123,10 +111,6 @@
             });
         }
 
-        function getToken() {
-            return '@Context.GetTokenAsync("access_token").Result';
-        }
-
         function refreshOrderList() {
             clearTimeout(timerId);
             timerId = setTimeout(function () {

src/Web/WebMVC/WebMVC.csproj

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="BuildBundlerMinifier" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.StackExchangeRedis" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Yarp.ReverseProxy" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>