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Xameer
Xameer

Reputation: 31237

How to get user in ASP.NET Identity provider?

With the help of ASP.NET membership provider:

We can get a logged in user by configuring the UserManager with the ApplicationUser

So far so good for getting logged in user data!

Problem:

Is there a way to get user(s) who are not logged in?

Maybe by some alternative for User.Identity.GetUserId() method - which works for logged in users?

By passing user number or username or so?

Aim: This is needed for different situations such as:

Upvotes: 1

Views: 643

Answers (1)

Brad C
Brad C

Reputation: 2982

If you are using Identity 2.0+ then it exposes an IQueryable interface to the user store. You can use this to do almost everyhting you asked about:

UserManager.Users.Where(w => w.Location == "Mars").ToList();

You can use any kind of LINQ fanciness there. You may also just hit the DB table directly as you do in other controllers. If using EF, something like:

db.AspNetUsers.Where(w => w.Username == "Bob").AsEnumerable();

Upvotes: 2

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