I am developing an MVC 5 web application using Entity Framework 5 Database First approach. I am using OWIN for the authentication of Users. Below shows my Login method within my Account Controller.
public ActionResult Login(LoginViewModel model, string returnUrl)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
var user = _AccountService.VerifyPassword(model.UserName, model.Password, false);
if (user != null)
{
var identity = new ClaimsIdentity(new[] { new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, model.UserName), }, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie, ClaimTypes.Name, ClaimTypes.Role);
identity.AddClaim(new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, "guest"));
identity.AddClaim(new Claim(ClaimTypes.GivenName, "A Person"));
identity.AddClaim(new Claim(ClaimTypes.Sid, user.userID)); //OK to store userID here?
AuthenticationManager.SignIn(new AuthenticationProperties
{
IsPersistent = model.RememberMe
}, identity);
return RedirectToAction("Index", "MyDashboard");
}
else
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", "Invalid username or password.");
}
}
// If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
return View(model);
}
As you can see I'm creating a ClaimsIdentity and adding several claims to it, then passing it to OWIN using the AuthenticationManager to perform the sign in.
The problem I am having is that I'm not sure how to access the claims in the rest of my application, either in Controllers or in Razor Views.
I had tried the approach listed in this tutorial
For example, I tried this in my Controller code in an attempt to get access to the values passed into the Claims, however, the user.Claims is equal to null
var ctx = HttpContext.GetOwinContext();
ClaimsPrincipal user = ctx.Authentication.User;
IEnumerable<Claim> claims = user.Claims;
Perhaps I am missing something here.
UPDATE
Based on Darin's answer, I added his code but still I fail to see access to the Claims. Please see screenshot below showing what I see when hovered over identity.Claims.
Try this:
[Authorize]
public ActionResult SomeAction()
{
var identity = (ClaimsIdentity)User.Identity;
IEnumerable<Claim> claims = identity.Claims;
...
}