CODEWITHSUNDEEP
asp.netasp.net-mvcc#-4.0visual-studio-2012
Mike Mcmahon
Mike Mcmahon

Reputation: 65

Limit asp.net access based on time of day

I am trying to limit an asp.net site to only be accessible between 8:00am and 5:00pm. If I add this to the Global.asax.cs file it works great. However at 5:00pm I get this page Server Error

403 - Forbidden: Access is denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied. How can I redirect to an Error Page?

 public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
    protected void Application_Start()
    {

        if (DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay > System.TimeSpan.Parse("08:00:00") & DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay < System.TimeSpan.Parse("17:06:00"))
        {
            AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
            FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
            RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
            BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
        }

    }




}

Just added this and it works

 public ActionResult ReleaseBulk() { if (DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay > System.TimeSpan.Parse("08:00:00") & DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay < System.TimeSpan.Parse("00:06:00")) { return View(); } else { return RedirectToAction("Error", "Error"); } }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 202

Answers (2)

M.Azad
M.Azad

Reputation: 3763

In your Global.asax add this line .

   void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      if() //check your condition
        HttpContext.Current.RewritePath("your html file");
    }

Upvotes: 1

Moe
Moe

Reputation: 1599

This is just to address the error you are getting. This has nothing to do with making the site accessible for a specific time!.

One way to do that is through IIS.

Open IIS, locate your site click Error Pages, which will open a new window, you should see the status codes with the associated error pages.

Since you are getting a 403 error, make sure to modify that to your custom error page.

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Just out of curiosity. Why would you make the site only accessible at specific times? You sure know that is a server time and it can be different than client's time.

Upvotes: 1

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