Is there a way to get Current User in Api Controller

Question

i am using asp.net Authorization to log in with Angular js for client side ,i need to get Current user logged in

i need to get current User to save any operation in my logger Table, and httpcontext.session.current is null , is there is another way to save logged in user in session or some thing else to get it anytime

public class ApplicationOAuthProvider : OAuthAuthorizationServerProvider
{
    private readonly string _publicClientId;

    static ERPV02_03Entities db;

    public ApplicationOAuthProvider(string publicClientId)
    {
        if (publicClientId == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException("publicClientId");
        }
        db = SingleTonConText.Instance;

       _publicClientId = publicClientId;
    }

    public override async Task GrantResourceOwnerCredentials(OAuthGrantResourceOwnerCredentialsContext context)
    {
        var userManager = context.OwinContext.GetUserManager<ApplicationUserManager>();

        ApplicationUser user = await userManager.FindAsync(context.UserName, context.Password);

        if (user == null)
        {
            context.SetError("invalid_grant", "The user name or password is incorrect.");
            return;
        }

        ClaimsIdentity oAuthIdentity = await user.GenerateUserIdentityAsync(userManager,
        OAuthDefaults.AuthenticationType);
        ClaimsIdentity cookiesIdentity = await user.GenerateUserIdentityAsync(userManager,
        CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationType);

        AuthenticationProperties properties = CreateProperties(user.UserName);
        AuthenticationTicket ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(oAuthIdentity, properties);
        context.Validated(ticket);
        context.Request.Context.Authentication.SignIn(cookiesIdentity);



    }

    public  override Task TokenEndpoint(OAuthTokenEndpointContext context)
    {
        foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> property in context.Properties.Dictionary)
        {
            context.AdditionalResponseParameters.Add(property.Key, property.Value);

        }
        var data= Task.FromResult<object>(null); 
        return data;
    }

    public override Task ValidateClientAuthentication(OAuthValidateClientAuthenticationContext context)
    {
        // Resourcee owner password credentials does not provide a client ID.
        if (context.ClientId == null)
        {
            context.Validated();
        }

        return Task.FromResult<object>(null);
    }

    public override Task ValidateClientRedirectUri(OAuthValidateClientRedirectUriContext context)
    {
        if (context.ClientId == _publicClientId)
        {
            Uri expectedRootUri = new Uri(context.Request.Uri, "/");

            if (expectedRootUri.AbsoluteUri == context.RedirectUri)
            {
                context.Validated();    
    }
        }

        return Task.FromResult<object>(null);
    }

    private static View_Emps GetUserInfo(string username)
    {
        var user = new View_Emps();
        try
        {
user = db.View_Emps.FirstOrDefault(p => 
                                       p.Emp_UserName == username);
    HttpContext.Current.Session.Add("user", user);


        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            throw e;
        }


        return user; 
    }

    public static AuthenticationProperties CreateProperties(string userName)
    {
        var user = GetUserInfo(userName);
        JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
            var res = js.Serialize(user);
        IDictionary<string, string> data = new Dictionary<string, string>
        {
            { "User", res }
        };
return new AuthenticationProperties(data);}}


public  void SaveLog( T Obj, string Operation)
    {



        string hostName = Dns.GetHostName(); // Retrive the Name of HOST  IpAddress
        string myIP = Dns.GetHostEntry(hostName).AddressList[0].ToString();

        var user = HttpContext.Current.Session["user"] as View_Emps;
        MyLogger.Data =  new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(Obj);
        MyLogger.OperationType = Operation;
        MyLogger.TableName = typeof(T).Name;
        MyLogger.DateTime = DateTime.Now;
        MyLogger.User_ID = user.Emp_ID;
        MyLogger.IP_Address = myIP;
        db.Loggers.Add(MyLogger);
        Commit();



    }

Answer 1

You can get current login user in Api Controller from IPrincipal and you will no need to reference any namespace for it like,

...
var user = User;   //<= "User" comes from System.Security.Principal.IPrincipal
...

You can also get other properties from IPrincipal like

• AuthenticationType
• IsAuthenticated
• Name

From the identity of such user like,

var authType = User.Identity.AuthenticationType;
var isAuthenticated = User.Identity.IsAuthenticated;
var name = User.Identity.Name;

Edit:

You can add your custom fields as claim to your identity in GrantResourceOwnerCredentials method like,

...
ClaimsIdentity oAuthIdentity = await user.GenerateUserIdentityAsync(userManager,
               OAuthDefaults.AuthenticationType);

oAuthIdentity.AddClaim(new Claim("UserId", user.Id));   //<= The UserId add here as claim
oAuthIdentity.AddClaim(new Claim("UserName", user.UserName));  //<= The UserName add here as claim

ClaimsIdentity cookiesIdentity = await user.GenerateUserIdentityAsync(userManager,
                CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationType);
...

And then in Api controller action method you can get this UserId like,

var userId = ((ClaimsIdentity)User.Identity).FindFirst("UserId");
var userName = ((ClaimsIdentity)User.Identity).FindFirst("UserName");

Edit 1:

Here I got UserId and UserName from claims.

And from angular js HTTP you can send your auth bearer token like

module.run(function($http) {
  $http.defaults.headers.common.Authorization = 'bearer TGAf8ViNUtzb9RP9OCBXHN4Ewm0dQbTMb6x4wJMgi4Wk8pq-QEQLIhp_W1A-9jQa7Rlqa60vsQ2ubbjUL0wGosEwaHFDlbdkQqXbOP_VlBJMxN2KnGQZnmvWZvpLPqMF-jpWzPDvBwtVHnh3AjLviPX0gPQjxZAC1ujIeB0p-QZ8yE1VCnLa8Xql01XDXlLVBCzk1UOqt_er-Gx6pL8SemayY8dqVVUgSZTYhcceLLuWQ-Cy3QATJmoJ41K-7ktAeUTz5H7V3ImlC_b8qnnN8sj7k7WRT51q27pUO4-bzJzkD4LGVvDUqaeAhBEqKyS9TkpMIFbRDMol5ZiJcp2vTunOOYP42Mw7GJv09ctoXegKkWo1LWDsSDxeWP5KQed_VGX193pZvQtvz06g2iyXwuP8Q6NaJcXTF43-M9p2HWgGuXT531YXv59euaWevj1AMJkazlZ61uzYi7KGLHKgCwzAMXLKwzBGK4QP0C4tqonowSdTttH93LBOJHjrDepk';
});

By using the above code at angular side your request will add auth token for each request via Http

learn more about $http

Edit 2:

Add those data as the claim in GrantResourceOwnerCredentials that you want to be carried over your unit of work repository like,

oAuthIdentity.AddClaim(new Claim("Id", user.Id));
oAuthIdentity.AddClaim(new Claim("UserName", user.UserName));
oAuthIdentity.AddClaim(new Claim("Email", user.Email));
oAuthIdentity.AddClaim(new Claim("PhoneNumber", user.PhoneNumber));

Then read those data in your controller method like

ClaimsPrincipal principal = Request.GetRequestContext().Principal as ClaimsPrincipal;
var claims = principal.Claims.Select(x => new { type = x.Type, value = x.Value });

var id = claims.Where(x => x.type == "Id").FirstOrDefault().value;
var userName = claims.Where(x => x.type == "UserName").FirstOrDefault().value;
var email = claims.Where(x => x.type == "Email").FirstOrDefault().value;
var phoneNumber = claims.Where(x => x.type == "PhoneNumber").FirstOrDefault().value;

ApplicationUser applicationUser = new ApplicationUser  //This model is pre generated by web api project and reside in `Models` folder
{
    Id = id,
    UserName = userName,
    Email = email,
    PhoneNumber = phoneNumber
 };

Now you are free to use this object applicationUser to pass in your unit of work repository.

Answer 2

In a MVC Controller:

var user = await _userManager.GetUserAsync(User);

In a API Controller, use this:

var user = await _userManager.FindByNameAsync(User.Identity.Name);

Make sure the user is authenticated with the authorize attribute in the controller, and in the beginning of your page:

[Authorize]

Answer 3

Review this Question Is it possible to set localStorage or Session variable in asp.net page and read it in javascript on the other page?

public  void SaveLog( T Obj, string Operation)
    {

        string hostName = Dns.GetHostName(); // Retrive the Name of HOST  IpAddress
        string myIP = Dns.GetHostEntry(hostName).AddressList[0].ToString();

        var user = HttpContext.Current.Session["user"] as View_Emps;

// instead of this .. u can this in local storage and remove it after log out or timeout // timer

        MyLogger.Data =  new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(Obj);
        MyLogger.OperationType = Operation;
        MyLogger.TableName = typeof(T).Name;
        MyLogger.DateTime = DateTime.Now;
        MyLogger.User_ID = user.Emp_ID;
        MyLogger.IP_Address = myIP;
        db.Loggers.Add(MyLogger);
        Commit();


    }

Answer 4

[Authorize]
[HttpGet("GetCurrentUser")]
public async Task<ActionResult<string>> GetCurrentUser()
{
    var UserName = User.Identity.Name;
    var user = await _userManager.GetUserAsync(User);
    return Ok("Current User: " + user);
}

1. Annotate the controller or the endpoint with -> [Authorize]
2. There are two solutions to get the currently logged in user.
   • Use: User.Identity.Name
   • Inject the UseManager class into the controller, then you can call on it the GetUserAsync(User) method (ClaimsPrincipal: User)

Answer 5

var UserName = User.Identity.Name;
var UserId = ((ClaimsIdentity)User.Identity).Claims.FirstOrDefault().Value;

It works well with that way but i had to Send token in header though

Answer 6

you cannot use session in api call , each time you need to authenticate user you must send token of the user

you can read about JWT for authetication