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  • rj 8 posts 99 karma points
    Sep 21, 2018 @ 01:59
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    Determining If a Viewer Is Logged Into The Backoffice Without Hitting Database

    Hi

    I was wondering if it's possible to determine whether or not a viewer is logged into the backoffice or not without hitting the database.

    For a long time I've been using the following code in the small amount of circumstances in which I've needed to know it:

    var auth = new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current).GetUmbracoAuthTicket();
if (auth == null)
{
    return false;
}

var backofficeUser = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetByUsername(auth.Name);
return backofficeUser != null;

    However I now need to determine if a viewer is logged into the backoffice or not on all pages, meaning a method that does not hit the database (UserService initializes and uses a database repository) would be far more ideal.

    I've attempted UmbracoContext.Current.Security.ValidateCurrentUser() however this returns false on the front-end (It depends on HttpContext.Current.GetCurrentIdentity(bool) which returns null on the front-end for some reason).

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  • Paul Seal 524 posts 2890 karma points MVP 7x c-trib
    Sep 21, 2018 @ 08:12
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    Hi rj I wrote a blog post about it here. https://codeshare.co.uk/blog/how-to-get-the-current-logged-in-umbraco-user-and-restrict-front-end-content/

    You can ignore the line about getting the actual user and just see if they are logged in like this.

    var userTicket = new System.Web.HttpContextWrapper(System.Web.HttpContext.Current).GetUmbracoAuthTicket();

var isLoggedInUser = userTicket != null;

    Cheers

    Paul

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  • rj 8 posts 99 karma points
    Sep 23, 2018 @ 19:36
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    I spent hours going through the Umbraco code to try and find a solution and it was right there in front of me!

    Thank you Paul, I don't know how I haven't died from drinking expired milk or something yet.

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  • Paul Seal 524 posts 2890 karma points MVP 7x c-trib
    Sep 23, 2018 @ 22:05
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    I hate it when that happens, but I'm glad you got it sorted.

    Cheers

    Paul

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