How do I get the current user in an MVC Application? [duplicate]

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How to get current user in Asp.Net MVC

I've tried a bunch of different things, I know I've done it before when I used Webforms, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it in MVC.

Membership doesn't work User gives me an IPrincipal or something User.Identity gives me the same type of variable...

Anyone know? Is there any GetCurrentUser() method or something similar?

Uroscopy

duplicate of #263986 – Pahari

wow that's hilarious, I always check the list of recommended questions after I type in the title and the title is almost the exact same... my apologies – Uroscopy

Just tried Page.User.Identity as well as Page.CurrentUser. Both of them give me an error saying System.Web.UI.Page does not contain a definition for "CurrentUser" or "User.Identity" in the case of the first one – Uroscopy

check do you have any class named "Page" within your project – Assessor

No I don't. The error says it's referencing System.Web.UI.Page – Uroscopy

I'm trying to access it from within a Control, does that matter? – Uroscopy

Answer 1

See Mehrdad's answer here: System.Web.UI.Page won't let me access CurrentUser or User.Identity from a Controller in ASP.Net-MVC

He explains that you can to use

User.Identity // in the controller
HttpContext.User.Identity // in the controller
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.User.Identity // anywhere

Uroscopy

Answer 2

Page.User.Identity

Page should be referencing System.Web.UI.Page

check do you have any class named "Page" within your project

Assessor