/// <summary> /// Creates a new cookie with information about the user /// </summary> /// <param name="request"></param> /// <param name="dbUser"></param> public static void CreateNewUserCookie(HttpResponseBase request, DbUserStub dbUser) { if (request == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("request"); if (dbUser == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("dbUser"); var cookie = new HttpCookie(COOKIE_NAME) { Value = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(dbUser))), Expires = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(30) }; request.Cookies.Add(cookie); }
/// <summary> /// Joins the chat /// </summary> public ActionResult JoinChat(string userName, string email) { // try to find an existing user with the same e-mail var dbUSer = ChatHub.FindUserByEmail(email); if (dbUSer == null) { // This is all STUB. In a normal situation, dbUSer = new DbUserStub() { FullName = userName, Email = email, Id = new Random().Next(100000), TenancyId = ChatHub.ROOM_ID_STUB }; // Normally it wouldn't be necessary to add the user to the ChatHub, because ChatHub // would get users from the database, but there's no database here ChatHub.RegisterNewUser(dbUSer); } // Normally it wouldn't be necessary to create this cookie because the // FormsAuthentication cookie does this ChatCookieHelperStub.CreateNewUserCookie(this.Response, dbUSer); return this.RedirectToAction("Index"); }