I am trying to figure out how to get access to the current logged in username outside of an ASP.NET Controller.
For example I am trying to do this:
Track Created and Modified fields Automatically with Entity Framework Code First
To setup tracking on entities in the DbContext
.
Here is my ApplicationDbContext
but I keep getting an error saying _httpContextAccessor
is null
:
private readonly IHttpContextAccessor _httpContextAccessor;
public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options, IHttpContextAccessor httpContextAccessor)
: base(options)
{
_httpContextAccessor = httpContextAccessor;
}
Try injecting the IHttpContextAccessor Interface
You can even abstract it further by creating a service to provide just the information you want (Which is the current logged in username)
public interface IUserResolverService {
string GetUser();
}
public class UserResolverService : IUserResolverService {
private readonly IHttpContextAccessor accessor;
public UserResolverService(IHttpContextAccessor accessor) {
this.accessor = accessor;
}
public string GetUser() {
var username = accessor?.HttpContext?.User?.Identity?.Name ;
return username ?? "unknown";
}
}
You need to setup IHttpContextAccessor
now in Startup.ConfigureServices
in order to be able to inject it:
services.AddSingleton<IHttpContextAccessor, HttpContextAccessor>();
services.AddTransient<IUserResolverService, UserResolverService>();
and pass that to your repository as needed to record associated username
@Nkosi has the correct answer but please note that IHttpContextAccessor is now under the namespace:
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
And no longer under:
Microsoft.AspNet.Http;