add view logic

Controllers/HomeController.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Data.Entity;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Web;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ namespace WebApplication1.Controllers
         public ActionResult Index()
         {
             ViewBag.newsCount = db.news.Count();
-            ViewBag.views = "";
+            ViewBag.views = db.viewlogs.Where(v => DbFunctions.TruncateTime(v.viewdate) == DateTime.Today).Count();
             setTitle();
             return View();
         }

Controllers/newsController.cs

@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ namespace WebApplication1.Controllers
     public class newsController : Controller
     {
         private newswebappEntities db = new newswebappEntities();
+        public static string GetUserIpAddress(HttpRequestBase request)
+        {
+            string ipAddress = request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ipAddress))
+            {
+                ipAddress = request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
+            }
+            return ipAddress;
+        }
 
         // GET: news
         public ActionResult Index()
@@ -58,21 +67,31 @@ namespace WebApplication1.Controllers
             }
             var user = db.users.Find(news.userID);
             ViewBag.user = user;
-            news.views += 1;
-            db.SaveChanges();
-            /*
-            var key = Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
-            var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
 
-                if (now - View.LastVisited > _timeLimit)
+            // Get the user's IP address
+            string userIpAddress = GetUserIpAddress(Request);
+
+            // Check if this IP address has already viewed this article
+            DateTime thresholdDate = DateTime.Now.AddHours(-24);
+            bool hasViewed = db.viewlogs.Any(v => v.newsid == id && v.ipadd == userIpAddress && v.viewdate >= thresholdDate);
+            if (!hasViewed)
+            {
+                // Increment the view count
+                news.views++;
+                db.SaveChanges();
+
+                // Log the view
+                db.viewlogs.Add(new viewlog
                 {
-                    pageView.LastVisited = now;
+                    ipadd = userIpAddress,
-                    _pageViews[key] = pageView;
+                    newsid = news.ID,
-                    return true; // View counted
+                    viewdate = DateTime.Now
-                }
+                });
-                return false; // View within time limit, not counted
+                db.SaveChanges();
-            */
+            }
+
             return View(news);
+        
         }
 
         // GET: news/Create

Controllers/usersController.cs

@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ namespace WebApplication1.Controllers
                     var hashedBytes = sha256.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(user.password));
                     user.password = BitConverter.ToString(hashedBytes).Replace("-", "").ToLower();
                 }
-                db.Entry(user).State = EntityState.Modified;
+                var u= db.users.Find(user.ID);
+                u.password = user.password;
+                u.displayname = user.displayname;
                 db.SaveChanges();
                 return RedirectToAction("Index");
             }

Models/Model1.Context.cs

@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ namespace WebApplication1.Models
         public virtual DbSet<ticket> tickets { get; set; }
         public virtual DbSet<user> users { get; set; }
         public virtual DbSet<response> responses { get; set; }
+        public virtual DbSet<viewlog> viewlogs { get; set; }
     }
 }

Models/Model1.edmx

@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@
           <Property Name="displayname" Type="nvarchar" MaxLength="50" />
           <Property Name="role" Type="int" Nullable="false" />
         </EntityType>
+        <EntityType Name="viewlog">
+          <Key>
+            <PropertyRef Name="ID" />
+          </Key>
+          <Property Name="ID" Type="int" StoreGeneratedPattern="Identity" Nullable="false" />
+          <Property Name="ipadd" Type="nvarchar(max)" />
+          <Property Name="newsid" Type="int" />
+          <Property Name="viewdate" Type="datetime" />
+        </EntityType>
         <EntityContainer Name="newswebappModelStoreContainer">
           <EntitySet Name="category" EntityType="Self.category" Schema="dbo" store:Type="Tables" />
           <EntitySet Name="news" EntityType="Self.news" Schema="dbo" store:Type="Tables" />
@@ -76,6 +85,7 @@
           <EntitySet Name="tag" EntityType="Self.tag" Schema="dbo" store:Type="Tables" />
           <EntitySet Name="ticket" EntityType="Self.ticket" Schema="dbo" store:Type="Tables" />
           <EntitySet Name="user" EntityType="Self.user" Schema="dbo" store:Type="Tables" />
+          <EntitySet Name="viewlog" EntityType="Self.viewlog" Schema="dbo" store:Type="Tables" />
         </EntityContainer>
       </Schema></edmx:StorageModels>
     <!-- CSDL content -->
@@ -88,6 +98,7 @@
           <EntitySet Name="tickets" EntityType="newswebappModel.ticket" />
           <EntitySet Name="users" EntityType="newswebappModel.user" />
           <EntitySet Name="responses" EntityType="newswebappModel.response" />
+          <EntitySet Name="viewlogs" EntityType="newswebappModel.viewlog" />
         </EntityContainer>
         <EntityType Name="category">
           <Key>
@@ -153,6 +164,15 @@
           <Property Name="adminid" Type="Int32" />
           <Property Name="ticketid" Type="Int32" />
         </EntityType>
+        <EntityType Name="viewlog">
+          <Key>
+            <PropertyRef Name="ID" />
+          </Key>
+          <Property Name="ID" Type="Int32" Nullable="false" annotation:StoreGeneratedPattern="Identity" />
+          <Property Name="ipadd" Type="String" MaxLength="Max" FixedLength="false" Unicode="true" />
+          <Property Name="newsid" Type="Int32" />
+          <Property Name="viewdate" Type="DateTime" Precision="3" />
+        </EntityType>
       </Schema>
     </edmx:ConceptualModels>
     <!-- C-S mapping content -->
@@ -229,6 +249,16 @@
               </MappingFragment>
             </EntityTypeMapping>
           </EntitySetMapping>
+          <EntitySetMapping Name="viewlogs">
+            <EntityTypeMapping TypeName="newswebappModel.viewlog">
+              <MappingFragment StoreEntitySet="viewlog">
+                <ScalarProperty Name="viewdate" ColumnName="viewdate" />
+                <ScalarProperty Name="newsid" ColumnName="newsid" />
+                <ScalarProperty Name="ipadd" ColumnName="ipadd" />
+                <ScalarProperty Name="ID" ColumnName="ID" />
+              </MappingFragment>
+            </EntityTypeMapping>
+          </EntitySetMapping>
         </EntityContainerMapping>
       </Mapping>
     </edmx:Mappings>

Models/Model1.edmx.diagram

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         <EntityTypeShape EntityType="newswebappModel.ticket" Width="1.5" PointX="0.75" PointY="4.75" />
         <EntityTypeShape EntityType="newswebappModel.user" Width="1.5" PointX="2.75" PointY="4.75" />
         <EntityTypeShape EntityType="newswebappModel.response" Width="1.5" PointX="4.75" PointY="4.625" />
+        <EntityTypeShape EntityType="newswebappModel.viewlog" Width="1.5" PointX="3.25" PointY="7.25" />
       </Diagram>
     </edmx:Diagrams>
   </edmx:Designer>

Models/viewlog.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <auto-generated>
+//     This code was generated from a template.
+//
+//     Manual changes to this file may cause unexpected behavior in your application.
+//     Manual changes to this file will be overwritten if the code is regenerated.
+// </auto-generated>
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace WebApplication1.Models
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
+    
+    public partial class viewlog
+    {
+        public int ID { get; set; }
+        public string ipadd { get; set; }
+        public Nullable<int> newsid { get; set; }
+        public Nullable<System.DateTime> viewdate { get; set; }
+    }
+}

Views/Home/Index.cshtml

@@ -19,15 +19,13 @@
                 <a class="btn btn-outline-dark" href="/news"> Start Reading &raquo;</a>
             </p>
         </section>
-        <section class="col-md-4" aria-labelledby="librariesTitle">
+        <section class="col-md-4" aria-labelledby="viewcount">
-            <h2 id="librariesTitle">Get more libraries</h2>
+            <h2 id="viewcount">View count</h2>
-            <p>NuGet is a free Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to add, remove, and update libraries and tools in Visual Studio projects.</p>
+            <p>
-            <p><a class="btn btn-outline-dark" href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=301866">Learn more &raquo;</a></p>
+                @ViewBag.views
-        </section>
+            </p>
-        <section class="col-md-4" aria-labelledby="hostingTitle">
+            <p>
-            <h2 id="hostingTitle">Web Hosting</h2>
+                <a class="btn btn-outline-dark" href="/news"> Start Reading &raquo;</a></p>
-            <p>You can easily find a web hosting company that offers the right mix of features and price for your applications.</p>
-            <p><a class="btn btn-outline-dark" href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=301867">Learn more &raquo;</a></p>
         </section>
     </div>
 </main>

WebApplication1.csproj

@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\user.cs">
       <DependentUpon>Model1.tt</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Models\viewlog.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>Model1.tt</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>