UserService

The UserService acts as a "gateway" to Umbraco data for operations which are related to Users.

Browse the API documentation for IUserService.

• Namespace: Umbraco.Core.Services
• Assembly: Umbraco.Core.dll

All samples listed in this document will require references to the following dll:

• Umbraco.Core.dll

All samples in this document will require the following using statements:

using Umbraco.Core;
using Umbraco.Core.Models;
using Umbraco.Core.Services;

Getting the service

Services property

If you wish to use the UserService in a class that inherits from one of the Umbraco base classes (eg. SurfaceController, UmbracoApiController or UmbracoAuthorizedApiController), you can access the service through a local Services property:

IUserService userService = Services.UserService;

Dependency Injection

In other cases, you may be able to use Dependency Injection. For instance if you have registered your own class in Umbraco's dependency injection, you can specify the IUserService interface in your constructor:

public class MyClass
{

    private IUserService _userService;
    
    public MyClass(IUserService userService)
    {
        _userService = userService;
    }

}

Static accessor

If neither a Services property or Dependency Injection is available, you can also reference the static Current class directly:

IUserService userService = Umbraco.Core.Composing.Current.Services.UserService;

Samples

• Create a new user
  Quick sample showing how to create a new backoffice user; including setting a password, assigning the user to a user group (from Umbraco 7.7 and up), and setting the name of the user.

• Get a reference to a user
  See the different ways to lookup a backoffice user.

• Update user information
  See how you can update user information such as names and avatars.