Extending UserManager to allow for management of new user data?

Question

UserManager in ASPNET Identity contains functions like AddPasswordAsync and SetPhoneNumberAsync.

I've added properties for FirstName and LastName who's values weren't set when I registered the user so I want to add screens to Manage these values (setting and changing them).

How can I extend UserManager to add a function like AddNamesAsync that will do this?

Such a function becomes necessary when we evaluate the ManageController actions as below:

[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public async Task<ActionResult> SetPassword(SetPasswordViewModel model)
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        var result = await UserManager.AddPasswordAsync(User.Identity.GetUserId(), model.NewPassword);
        if (result.Succeeded)
        {
            var user = await UserManager.FindByIdAsync(User.Identity.GetUserId());
            if (user != null)
            {
                await SignInManager.SignInAsync(user, isPersistent: false, rememberBrowser: false);
            }
            return RedirectToAction("Index", new { Message = ManageMessageId.SetPasswordSuccess });
        }
        AddErrors(result);
    }

    // If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
    return View(model);
}

Along the same logic, I'd like to add a function to the controller as follows:

[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public async Task<ActionResult> SetNames(SetUserFullNamesViewModel model)
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        var result = await UserManager.AddNamesAsync(User.Identity.GetUserId(), model.FirstName, model.LastName);
        if (result.Succeeded)
        {
            var user = await UserManager.FindByIdAsync(User.Identity.GetUserId());

            return RedirectToAction("Index", new { Message = ManageMessageId.SetNamesSuccess });
        }
        AddErrors(result);
    }

    // If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
    return View(model);
}

How can I add a function to UserManager or extend UserManager so that I can add the function that'll allow me to update add and update custom property values on the user?

Answer 1

First add custom columns to AppliicationUser class

and then you can update custom columns like this

[HttpPost]
public async Task<ActionResult> SetNames(SetUserFullNamesViewModel model)
{
    ApplicationUser usermodel = UserManager.FindById(user.Id);
    usermodel.Name = model.Name;
    usermodel.Surname = model.Surname;


    IdentityResult result = await UserManager.UpdateAsync(usermodel);
    if (result.Succeeded)
    {
        return RedirectToAction("ListUser", "User");
    }

    return View();
}