There are two simple ways to get current user in MVC 5. If you are inside the controller class current user can be fetched as follows,
string userId = User.Identity.GetUserId();
Do not forget to add namespace,
using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity;
Other scenario could be that you are not inside the controller class and want to fetch the user information. You can fetch that using HttpContext class.
HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.GetUserId();
I hope it helps. Happy Coding.
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This does not work of you log in with User A, log out, and then log in with User B
it will work 100%
if(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated==true)
{
AuthPrincipals auth_users = (AuthPrincipals)System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User;
if (auth_users != null)
{
userid = Convert.ToInt32(auth_users.UserId);
}
}
how i can get the user name without round tripping db via linq?
I have extended and added properties to my ASP MVC identity 2.2 in MVC 5, how can I access that from my controller like I added property – CompanyName ->to ASP userstaable
I want to get that in my controlled?