play-authenticate - getting user information on scala views or controller for logged in user

Question

I'm using Google via play-authenticate for authentication in my java application. This is my first play-framework application.

I need data of logged-in user on scala HTML page or controller. @currentAuth does not have user-name, which is there in GoogleAuthUser and is available during authentication. Since authentication request is directly handled in play-authenticate, I dont get that information to set it on session.

What is the best way to make the user data available to scala views or controller for play-authenticate applications? Examples are using @currentAuth, which only has provider name and Id, not the user data.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 11 '15 at 02:54

Found the solution in an example application. Controller can have a static method that uses session information to fetch user information from session using PlayAuthenticate.getUser(final Session session)

public static User getLocalUser(final Session session) {
  final User localUser = User.findByAuthUserIdentity(PlayAuthenticate.getUser(session));
  return localUser;
}

play-authenticate - getting user information on scala views or controller for logged in user

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