public void SeedUsers() { if (!_context.Users.Any()) { var userData = File.ReadAllText("Data/UserDataSeed.json"); var users = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <User> >(userData); foreach (var user in users) { CreatePasswordHash("password", out byte[] passwordHash, out byte[] passwordSalt); user.PasswordHash = passwordHash; user.PasswordSalt = passwordSalt; user.UserName = user.UserName.ToLower(); } _context.AddRange(users); _context.SaveChanges(); } }