Asp.net Mvc 6 get user claims immediately after log in

Question

In a Asp.net Mvc 6 website I customized the out-of-the-box AccountController so that I add a custom Claim before calling userManager.CreateAsync(), both when registering

• with a local account (email/password), in the Register() method of the controller
• with an external provider (google/facebook), in the ExternalLoginConfirmation() of the controller

Now what I'd like to do is, immediately after the user logs in, both

• in the Login() method after calling signInManager.PasswordSignInAsync() and
• in the ExternalLoginCallback() method after calling signInManager.ExternalLoginSignInAsync()

...to retrieve that claim, ideally without hitting the DB to get the User.

I noticed that if I look at User directly after sign-in, the Claims collection is empty. However, if I look at it in a subsequent controller action the Claims collection is populated and has my custom claim in it.

The question is, why isn't the Claims populated immediately after sign-in (I guess the sign-in code doesn't refresh the CurrentPrincipal?) and is there another place to check directly after sign-in to get the claims without hitting the DB?

Answer 1

You could try to implement your own ApplicationUserStore and fill whatever properties of the user (or entity which is used as identity entity) you need.