Statically set the server-side culture: Where to add app.UseRequestLocalization

[Schoof-T]

Issue description

In my Blazor Server application I'm trying to statically set the culture for every user (to en-GB). I found the following guidance: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/globalization-localization?view=aspnetcore-8.0#statically-set-the-server-side-culture

However it is not clear to me where to add app.UseRequestLocalization("en-GB");. The document says "immediately after Routing Middleware". But as far as I can see Blazor Server does not add any Routing Middleware?

Below is the whole Program.cs from the Template:

using BlazorApp2.Components;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

// Add services to the container.
builder.Services.AddRazorComponents()
    .AddInteractiveServerComponents();

var app = builder.Build();

// Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
    app.UseExceptionHandler("/Error", createScopeForErrors: true);
    // The default HSTS value is 30 days. You may want to change this for production scenarios, see https://aka.ms/aspnetcore-hsts.
    app.UseHsts();
}

app.UseHttpsRedirection();

app.UseStaticFiles();
app.UseAntiforgery();

app.MapRazorComponents<App>()
    .AddInteractiveServerRenderMode();

app.Run();

I am also hosting the application in IIS, having set the Application Pool as follows:

The Identity is a an account, with limited access.

What is your recommendation?

Software versions

Check the .NET target framework(s) being used, and include the version number(s).

• .NET Core
• .NET 5.0 or later
• .NET Framework
• .NET Standard

[guardrex]

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[guardrex]

As of 8.0, this sentence should change. The main doc set article states to call the middleware "before any middleware that might check the request culture (for example, app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute())." In this case for Blazor apps, I'll update the sentence using similar language and tell readers to place the middleware before the call to MapRazorComponents.

Leave this issue open. It will close automatically after I make the update.

Thanks for writing in on this! 👍