public ApplicationUser CreateUser(string username, string password)
{
var existingUser = this.DbContext.Users.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Username == username);
if (existingUser != null)
{
throw HttpResponseExceptionHelper.Create("This username is already taken", HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
}
var newUser = new ApplicationUser
{
Username = username,
Id = ApplicationUserManager.GetUserHash(username),
Password = ApplicationUserManager.HashUserPassword(password)
};
this.DbContext.Users.Add(newUser);
this.DbContext.SaveChanges();
AzureBlobStorageHelper.UploadDefaultAvatar(newUser.Id);
return(newUser);
}