log4net unique request id in ASP.NET

Question

log4net 1.2.11.0

I am trying to get anything that will allow me to log with a unique value for each ASP.NET request.

I tried %thread, but threads appear to

Answer 1

Here's some extension methods that I created for this purpose:

public static Guid GetId(this HttpContext ctx) => new HttpContextWrapper(ctx).GetId();

public static Guid GetId(this HttpContextBase ctx)
{
    const string key = "tq8OuyxHpDgkRg54klfpqg== (Request Id Key)";

    if (ctx.Items.Contains(key))
        return (Guid) ctx.Items[key];

    var mutex = string.Intern($"{key}:{ctx.GetHashCode()}");
    lock (mutex)
    {
        if (!ctx.Items.Contains(key))
            ctx.Items[key] = Guid.NewGuid();

        return (Guid) ctx.Items[key];
    }
}