Server Variables and .NET

The server variables collection can be very helpful when you are developing applications in .NET. The proper syntax to refer to a server variable in your code is Request.ServerVariables("VariableName") such as to:( Don't forget to declare variable such as; Dim IP as String and then:)

• Retrieves the user IP Address

IP = Request.ServerVariables ("REMOTE_ADDR")

• Retrieves the remote host IP Address

dnsIP = Request.ServerVariables("remote_host")

• Retrieves the page domain name

serverName = Request.ServerVariables("server_name")

• Retrieves the referer url

referer = request.servervariables("http_referer")

• Gets the browser type

agent = Request.ServerVariables("http_user_agent")

• Retrieves page url

Url=request.servervariables("URL")

• Retrieves request mehtod .. get or post

method=request.servervariables("Request_Method")

• Retrieves server port

serverPort=request.servervariables("server_port")

• Retrieves current page

scriptName=request.servervariables("script_name")

• Retrieves server software

serverSoftware=request.servervariables("server_software")

Consult the Microsoft Documentation for a full description of all the Server Variables.This handy list is a for commonly used server variables including referred above:

• ALL_HTTP
• AUTH_TYPE
• CONTENT_LENGTH
• CONTENT_TYPE
• GATEWAY_INTERFACE
• HTTP_ACCEPT
• HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
• HTTP_CONNECTION
• HTTP_USER_AGENT
• HTTP_COOKIE
• HTTP_HOST
• HTTP_COOKIE
• HTTP_REFERER
• LOGON_ACCEPT_ENCODING
• PATH_INFO
• PATH_TRANSLATED
• QUERY_STRING
• REMOTE_ADDR
• REMOTE_IDENT
• REMOTE_HOST
• REQUEST_METHOD
• SCRIPT_MAP
• SCRIPT_NAME
• SERVER_NAME
• SERVER_PORT
• SERVER_PORT_SECURE
• SERVER_PROTOCOL
• SERVER_SOFTWARE
• URL