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Class LocalhostEndpointFilter

Namespace: Momentum.ServiceDefaults.Api.EndpointFilters
Assembly: Momentum.ServiceDefaults.dll

Endpoint filter that restricts access to localhost/loopback addresses only.

csharp
public class LocalhostEndpointFilter : IEndpointFilter

Inheritance

objectLocalhostEndpointFilter

Implements

IEndpointFilter

Inherited Members

object.GetType(), object.MemberwiseClone(), object.ToString(), object.Equals(object?), object.Equals(object?, object?), object.ReferenceEquals(object?, object?), object.GetHashCode()

Remarks

This filter is typically used for sensitive endpoints like health checks or internal diagnostics that should only be accessible from the local machine. Remote requests are rejected with a 401 Unauthorized response.

Constructors

LocalhostEndpointFilter(ILogger)

Endpoint filter that restricts access to localhost/loopback addresses only.

csharp
public LocalhostEndpointFilter(ILogger logger)

Parameters

logger ILogger

Remarks

This filter is typically used for sensitive endpoints like health checks or internal diagnostics that should only be accessible from the local machine. Remote requests are rejected with a 401 Unauthorized response.

Methods

InvokeAsync(EndpointFilterInvocationContext, EndpointFilterDelegate)

Validates that the request originates from a loopback address.

csharp
public ValueTask<object?> InvokeAsync(EndpointFilterInvocationContext context, EndpointFilterDelegate next)

Parameters

context EndpointFilterInvocationContext

The endpoint filter invocation context.

next EndpointFilterDelegate

The next filter in the pipeline.

Returns

ValueTask<object?>

The result from the next filter if the request is from localhost, or an Unauthorized result if the request is from a remote address.