Whenever you want to extend the properties of User.Identity with any additional properties like the question above, add these properties to the ApplicationUser class first like so:
public class ApplicationUser : IdentityUser
{
public async Task<ClaimsIdentity> GenerateUserIdentityAsync(UserManager<ApplicationUser> manager)
{
// Note the authenticationType must match the one defined in CookieAuthenticationOptions.AuthenticationType
var userIdentity = await manager.CreateIdentityAsync(this, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);
// Add custom user claims here
return userIdentity;
}
// Your Extended Properties
public long? OrganizationId { get; set; }
}
Then what you need is to create an extension method like so (I create mine in an new Extensions folder):
namespace App.Extensions
{
public static class IdentityExtensions
{
public static string GetOrganizationId(this IIdentity identity)
{
var claim = ((ClaimsIdentity)identity).FindFirst("OrganizationId");
// Test for null to avoid issues during local testing
return (claim != null) ? claim.Value : string.Empty;
}
}
}
When you create the Identity in the ApplicationUser class, just add the Claim -> OrganizationId like so:
public async Task<ClaimsIdentity> GenerateUserIdentityAsync(UserManager<ApplicationUser> manager)
{
// Note the authenticationType must match the one defined in CookieAuthenticationOptions.AuthenticationType
var userIdentity = await manager.CreateIdentityAsync(this, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);
// Add custom user claims here => this.OrganizationId is a value stored in database against the user
userIdentity.AddClaim(new Claim("OrganizationId", this.OrganizationId.ToString()));
return userIdentity;
}
Once you added the claim and have your extension method in place, to make it available as a property on your User.Identity, add a using statement on the page/file you want to access it:
in my case: using App.Extensions;
within a Controller and @using. App.Extensions
withing a .cshtml View file.
EDIT:
What you can also do to avoid adding a using statement in every View is to go to the Views folder, and locate the Web.config file in there.
Now look for the <namespaces>
tag and add your extension namespace there like so:
<add namespace="App.Extensions" />
Save your file and you’re done. Now every View will know of your extensions.
You can access the Extension Method:
var orgId = User.Identity.GetOrganizationId();