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Users for my ASP.NET Core application have different roles. And different roles have access to different pages.

I've implemented policies and correctly authorized various folders for the related roles.

But I also need to redirect some users to a different area so they see the pages they are supposed to instead of just getting an Access Denied error.

I know I can use User.IsInRole() from my regular Index file and redirect them to the correct pages, but I think I'd prefer that they can never even load a page they don't have access to. And I'd prefer to disable my regular Index file to these users altogether.

How would I do this? Is this already supported using policies, etc.? Or do I need to write some sort of middleware?

Jonathan Wood
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  • i think this is opinion based question. as for me, Index + OnGet (or method in controller) is the easiest option – Yehor Androsov Jun 11 '23 at 18:20
  • @YehorAndrosov: Yes, it's easier. But it means I can't set a policy to prevent such users from access my regular page altogether. So I'm asking how to do it a different way. I've reworked my question to be clearer. – Jonathan Wood Jun 11 '23 at 20:09
  • If I understand your question correctly, have you considered using a hateoas approach? An initial call to your API to get the allowed actions for a user/role. – PeteGO Jun 11 '23 at 20:14
  • @PeteGO: This isn't an API. Just regular pages. – Jonathan Wood Jun 11 '23 at 21:19
  • The policies just determine you're authorized or not ,you need to try with filter/middleware/Custom the behavior of Authorize Middleware the document related : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authorization/customizingauthorizationmiddlewareresponse?view=aspnetcore-6.0 – Ruikai Feng Jun 12 '23 at 08:17

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In ASP.NET , you can redirect a user to a different request within a middleware by using the HttpContext object and its Response property. Here's an example of how you can achieve this:

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;

public class MyMiddleware
{
    private readonly RequestDelegate _next;

    public MyMiddleware(RequestDelegate next)
    {
        _next = next;
    }

    public async Task InvokeAsync(HttpContext context)
    {
        
        // you can get token or other things that use in authorization from  
        // context and check if you need to redirect it 
        bool shouldRedirect = DetermineRedirectionLogic(context);

        if (shouldRedirect)
        {
            // Perform the redirection
            context.Response.Redirect("/new-url");
            return;
        }

        // If no redirection is required, continue to the next middleware
        await _next(context);
    }

    private bool DetermineRedirectionLogic(HttpContext context)
    {
        // Add your custom logic here to determine if redirection is needed
        // For example, you can check request properties or conditions

        // If redirection is required, return true; otherwise, return false
        return true;
    }
}

In the InvokeAsync method of your middleware, you can add your custom logic in the DetermineRedirectionLogic method to determine whether a redirection is necessary based on the current request. If redirection is needed, you can use context.Response.Redirect to redirect the user to a different URL.

Make sure to register your middleware in the Configure method of your Startup class:

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    // ...

    app.UseMiddleware<MyMiddleware>();

    // ...
}
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