Hi everyone,

A quick post on how to include the user’s id in your login response when using Web API 2.

The default response to the /Token request is as follows:

Once the changes below have been made the response will include a userId field:

There are three very small changes required in order to add this functionality.

First, add an additional argument to CreateProperties in ApplicationOAuthProvider.cs

public static AuthenticationProperties CreateProperties(string userName, string userId)
{
IDictionary data = new Dictionary
{
{ "userName", userName },
// Add
{ "userId", userId }
};
return new AuthenticationProperties(data);
}


Pass userId to CreateProperties in ApplicationOauthProvider.

// Add user id
AuthenticationProperties properties = CreateProperties(user.UserName, user.Id);
AuthenticationTicket ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(oAuthIdentity, properties);
context.Validated(ticket);


Pass userId to CreateProperties in AccountController.

// AccountController.cs > GetExternalLogin
if (hasRegistered)
{
Authentication.SignOut(DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ExternalCookie);

// Add userid
AuthenticationProperties properties = ApplicationOAuthProvider.CreateProperties(user.UserName, user.Id);
Authentication.SignIn(properties, oAuthIdentity, cookieIdentity);