I am using MVC 3 with Forms Authentication. On my controller or methods, I am doing the following:
[Authorize (Roles = "developer")]
In this situation, I want to check if the user is logged in and if not, return them to the login page. However, if the 'IsInRole' check for that user returns false, I want them to go to a different view that says something like 'Not authorized'.
What is the best way to accomplish something like this? I was hoping to avoid creating a new Authorization attribute so I didn't have to refactor every Authorize attribute in my entire application, but if that is what is required, I will go that route.
A custom authorize attribute overriding the HandleUnauthorizedRequest method could do the job:
public class MyAuthorizeAttribute : AuthorizeAttribute
{
protected override void HandleUnauthorizedRequest(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
{
if (!filterContext.HttpContext.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
{
// The user is not authenticated
base.HandleUnauthorizedRequest(filterContext);
}
else if (!this.Roles.Split(',').Any(filterContext.HttpContext.User.IsInRole))
{
// The user is not in any of the listed roles =>
// show the unauthorized view
filterContext.Result = new ViewResult
{
ViewName = "~/Views/Shared/Unauthorized.cshtml"
};
}
else
{
base.HandleUnauthorizedRequest(filterContext);
}
}
}
and then:
[MyAuthorize(Roles = "developer")]
public ActionResult Develop()
{
...
}