ASP MVC 4 get user details using authentication token

Asked Aug 31 '17 at 09:27

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I found this answer but I don't get it quite well,sorry I'm a totally noob for asp. So I already have the authorization token from the server after I successfully logged in. Now my question is it possible to get the user data for example username, first and lastname of the user using the authentication token. What I have so far is this

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult AuthenticateToken()
{
   string authToken = Request.Form["AuthenticationToken"];
   if (authToken.IsNullOrEmtpy())
   {
      throw new InvalidOperationException("Unknown authentication token");
   }

  // now get the user data from the api using the auth token here...
}

I hope my question make sense. Thank you.

asked Aug 31 '17 at 09:27

etcz0ne

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what kind of authentication mechanims do you use – lordkain Aug 31 '17 at 09:30
hi @lordkain, I have a login form where you can enter username and password, then that form will send post request to api then the api will give me the authencation token. – etcz0ne Aug 31 '17 at 09:33
what API are you using? – lordkain Aug 31 '17 at 09:36
its an asp web api – etcz0ne Aug 31 '17 at 09:38
i mean are u using OWIN or? u are using default template VS for web api? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18448637/how-to-get-current-user-and-how-to-use-user-class-in-mvc5 – lordkain Aug 31 '17 at 09:42
ah yes, I'm using the default template for VS web api – etcz0ne Aug 31 '17 at 09:45
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Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/153342/discussion-between-lordkain-and-makubex). – lordkain Aug 31 '17 at 09:49

ASP MVC 4 get user details using authentication token

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