public JwtPacket Register([FromBody] Mercury.Models.Users user)
{
//add info from packet to DB
context.Users.Add(user);
//save changes
context.SaveChanges();
//returns token to user
return(CreateJwtPacket(user));
}
//creates the users token
//the token is what verifies if the user is currently logged in
JwtPacket CreateJwtPacket(Mercury.Models.Users user)
{
var origin = user.Id;
var signingKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("this is the secret phrase"));
var signingCredentials = new SigningCredentials(signingKey, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256);
var claims = new Claim[]
{
new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Sub, user.Id.ToString())
};
var jwt = new JwtSecurityToken(claims: claims, signingCredentials: signingCredentials);
var encodedJwt = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(jwt);
return(new JwtPacket()
{
Token = encodedJwt, UserName = user.UserName, FirstName = user.FirstName, LastName = user.LastName, Id = origin.ToString()
});
}
