public ActionResult Index()
{
var existingUser = ChatHelper.GetChatUserFromCookie(this.Request);
ChatViewModel chatViewModel = null;
if (existingUser != null)
{
if (!ChatHub.IsUserRegistered(existingUser))
{
// cookie is invalid
ChatHelper.RemoveCookie(this.Response);
return(this.RedirectToAction("Index"));
}
// in this case the authentication cookie is valid and we must render the chat
chatViewModel = new ChatViewModel()
{
IsUserAuthenticated = true,
UserId = existingUser.Id,
UserName = existingUser.Name,
UserProfilePictureUrl = existingUser.ProfilePictureUrl
};
}
return(this.View(chatViewModel));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns my user id
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private int GetMyUserId()
{
// This would normally be done like this:
//var userPrincipal = this.Context.User as AuthenticatedPrincipal;
//if (userPrincipal == null)
// throw new NotAuthorizedException();
//var userData = userPrincipal.Profile;
//return userData.Id;
// But for this example, it will get my user from the cookie
return(ChatHelper.GetChatUserFromCookie(this.Context.Request).Id);
}
