I've run into an issue when working with Microsoft MVC 5 and Identities 3.0.0 rc1-final.
So I've modified the AppUser.cs model that extends IdentityUser to include a FirstName and LastName column. My next objective is to create a claim for the user that stores there FullName, a concatenate of Firstname and Lastname. I've successfully done this when seeding the database. I can also successfully update the database when a user modifies there profile by changing there names. When a user makes a change to there profile I'd like to update the "FullName" claim within the database claims table as well as the users cookie so that I can display there full name in the header of the page. The problem is I can't seem to persist the data into the table. I am able to update the claims within the User object but that's about it. I've researched and tried a dozen different things but there doesn't seem to be a solution to my problem, below is some of my code:
AppUser.cs Model
public class AppUser : IdentityUser {
[StringLength(255)]
public string FirstName { get; set; }
[StringLength(255)]
public string LastName { get; set; }
}
Helper Classes. This was derived from my research and came accross this post. I realize I'm missing part of his method, the last 2 lines, but I could never get past compiliation errors when calling the authentication manager.
public static void AddUpdateClaim(this IPrincipal currentPrincipal, string key, string value) {
var identity = currentPrincipal.Identity as ClaimsIdentity;
if (identity == null)
return;
// check for existing claim and remove it
var existingClaim = identity.FindFirst(key);
if (existingClaim != null)
identity.RemoveClaim(existingClaim);
// add new claim
identity.AddClaim(new Claim(key, value));
}
ManageController, this is the post method for updating user profile:
public async Task<IActionResult> Index(IndexViewModel model) {
if (!ModelState.IsValid) {
return View(ModelState);
}
var user = await base.GetCurrentUserAsync();
if (user != null) {
user.Email = model.Email;
user.FirstName = model.FirstName;
user.LastName = model.LastName;
User.AddUpdateClaim("FullName", "Test User");
var result = await _userManager.UpdateAsync(user);
if (result.Succeeded) {
return RedirectToAction(nameof(Index), new { Message = ManageMessageId.AccoutUpdated });
} else {
_logger.LogError(1, "Error updating user: {username}", user.UserName);
base.AddErrors(result);
return View(model);
}
}
// If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form with errors.
return View(model);
}
Any help at this point would be greatly appreciated as I've beaten my head against this wall for a while now!
