Usually I protect my Actions with [Authorize]
but this time I need to check if a user is authorized inside the action.
Eg
if(userIsAuthorized) { //do stuff } else { //return to login page }
I believe I am using 'Forms Authentication'
This question is kind of similar to this but none of the answers given seemed to work.
EDIT: I have done some more digging- it seems if I breakpoint on an Action that has [Authorize]
, the User.Identity is set, but on Actions without it, the User.Identity is empty, even if I am logged in
If you just want to know if the user is logged in:
if (User.Identity.IsAuthenticated) { ... }
If you are trying to do anything role-specific:
if (User.IsInRole("Administrators")) { ... }
The User
instance is a public property of the Controller
class, so you always have access to it from a Controller you write. If no user is logged in you should have a GenericPrincipal
for the User
and a GenericIdentity
for the User.Identity
, so don't worry about checking for nulls.
Request.IsAuthenticated
should work for what you're trying to do.
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