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Iain Brown
Iain Brown

Reputation: 1171

Sending telemetry to ApplicationInsights inside ConfigureServices

I'd like to send some telemetry from within ConfigureServices, for example if I'm missing a config setting I'd like to send an event to AI to track this.

public class Startup
{
   public void ConfigureServices( IServiceCollection services)
   {
      services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry();

      // Is there a way of getting the telemetry client here to send some telemetry?
      // e.g. TelemetryClient.TrackEvent("MyEvent");
   }
}

Is there any way of getting hold of the telemetry client created by AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry within ConfigureServices? Is the context even valid at that point?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 670

Answers (1)

Ivan Glasenberg
Ivan Glasenberg

Reputation: 29985

No, we cannot get hold of the telemetry client created by AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry within ConfigureServices before ConfigureServices method is finished.

You should manually create a telemetry client for your purpose in ConfigureServices method, like below:

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddControllersWithViews();
    var s1 = services.AddApplicationInsightsTelemetry(Configuration["APPINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATIONKEY"]);

    TelemetryConfiguration configuration = TelemetryConfiguration.CreateDefault();
    configuration.InstrumentationKey = Configuration["APPINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATIONKEY"];
    var telemetryClient = new TelemetryClient(configuration);

    telemetryClient.TrackEvent("xxx");
}

Upvotes: 2

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