How to get the current user in ASP.NET MVC

Question

If you need to get the user from within the controller, use the User property of Controller. If you need it from the view, I would populate what you specifically need in the ViewData, or you could just call User as I think it's a property of ViewPage.

I found that User works, that is, User.Identity.Name or User.IsInRole("Administrator").

Try HttpContext.Current.User.

Public Shared Property Current() As System.Web.HttpContext
Member of System.Web.HttpContext

Summary:
Gets or sets the System.Web.HttpContext object for the current HTTP request.

Return Values:
The System.Web.HttpContext for the current HTTP request

You can get the name of the user in ASP.NET MVC4 like this:

System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name

I realize this is really old, but I'm just getting started with ASP.NET MVC, so I thought I'd stick my two cents in:

• Request.IsAuthenticated tells you if the user is authenticated.
• Page.User.Identity gives you the identity of the logged-in user.

I use:

Membership.GetUser().UserName

I am not sure this will work in ASP.NET MVC, but it's worth a shot :)

getting logged in username: System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name