How to check in Asp.Net MVC controller's action if user is logged in

Question

It is easy to find out in the view but is there any way to get users Name in the index controller?

I have my index action and based on whether user loged in I want the login to be passed a sparameter to my index action like so:

 public ActionResult Index(userName)
    {

        var topTenList = repository.FindAllTopTen(userName).ToList();
        var currentList = repository.FindAllCurrentFav(userName).ToList();
        var genreListTemp = repository.FindAllGenres(userName).ToList();
        var userListTemp = repository.FindAllUsers().ToList();


        return View(new HomeViewModel() 
        { 
            topTenFavList = topTenList,
            currentFavList = currentList,
            genreList = genreListTemp,
            userList = userListTemp

        });
    }

What membership provider / method you use? If you are using the aspnet membershipProvider, you just need to [Authorize] your method, and to get username, simply use User.Identity.Name — shennyL
– shennyL, Commented Nov 18, 2011 at 1:17
yes im using the default asp.net membership but i need to pass the username as a parameter to the index action, so i can query the right model to pass it to my views — Alan Budzinski
– Alan Budzinski, Commented Nov 18, 2011 at 1:22

twaggs · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-18 01:21:21Z

2

You actually don't need to pass it in if they're authenticated:

public ActionResult Index()

{

string userName = User.Identity.Name;

var topTenList = repository.FindAllTopTen(userName).ToList();
var currentList = repository.FindAllCurrentFav(userName).ToList();
var genreListTemp = repository.FindAllGenres(userName).ToList();
var userListTemp = repository.FindAllUsers().ToList();


return View(new HomeViewModel() 
{ 
    topTenFavList = topTenList,
    currentFavList = currentList,
    genreList = genreListTemp,
    userList = userListTemp

});

}

answered Nov 18, 2011 at 1:21

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Alan Budzinski Over a year ago

thanks, intellisense didnt show me any hints that i could use such code in the controller, but this is what i needed

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