/// <summary> /// Creates the user authentication ticket. /// </summary> /// <param name="identity"></param> /// <param name="httpContext"></param> public void CreateAuthenticationTicket(MyEventsIdentity identity, HttpContextBase httpContext) { Dictionary <string, object> facebookUserInformation = _thirdPartyLoginService.GetUserInformation(identity); _thirdPartyLoginService.MapUserInformationToIdentity(facebookUserInformation, identity); identity.UserId = AddUser(identity); var serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer(); string userData = serializer.Serialize(identity); var authTicket = new FormsAuthenticationTicket( 3, identity.UserName, DateTime.Now, DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(FormsAuthentication.Timeout.TotalMinutes), false, userData ); var authCookie = new HttpCookie( FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName, FormsAuthentication.Encrypt(authTicket) ) { HttpOnly = true }; httpContext.Response.AppendCookie(authCookie); }