
A Reworked MVC Preview 5 AccountController
Originally published on my old blog at cumps.be on September 12, 2008.
I just downloaded the ASP.NET MVC Preview 5 bits from Codeplex and started on my first experiment.
One of the first things I did was to modify the default AccountController to use the new form posting and form validation features of Preview 5. Somebody probably overlooked updating those :)
If anyone else wants the reworked code, feel free to copy paste.
Note that I did this in a hurry during a lunch break. It all seems to work, but it’s possible I’ll have to tune it a bit later on.
The controller
[HandleError]
[OutputCache(Location = OutputCacheLocation.None)]
public class AccountController : Controller
{
public AccountController()
: this(null, null)
{
}
public AccountController(IFormsAuthentication formsAuth, MembershipProvider provider)
{
FormsAuth = formsAuth ?? new FormsAuthenticationWrapper();
Provider = provider ?? Membership.Provider;
}
public IFormsAuthentication FormsAuth
{
get;
private set;
}
public MembershipProvider Provider
{
get;
private set;
}
[Authorize]
[AcceptVerbs("GET")]
public ActionResult ChangePassword()
{
ViewData["Title"] = "Change Password";
ViewData["PasswordLength"] = Provider.MinRequiredPasswordLength;
return View();
}
[Authorize]
[AcceptVerbs("POST")]
public ActionResult ChangePassword(string currentPassword, string newPassword, string confirmPassword)
{
// Basic parameter validation
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(currentPassword))
{
ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError("currentPassword", currentPassword, "You must specify a current password.");
}
if (newPassword == null || newPassword.Length < Provider.MinRequiredPasswordLength)
{
ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError("newPassword", newPassword, String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
"You must specify a new password of {0} or more characters.",
Provider.MinRequiredPasswordLength));
}
if (!String.Equals(newPassword, confirmPassword, StringComparison.Ordinal))
{
ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError("newPassword", newPassword, "The new password and confirmation password do not match.");
}
if (ViewData.ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Attempt to change password
MembershipUser currentUser = Provider.GetUser(User.Identity.Name, true /* userIsOnline */);
bool changeSuccessful = false;
try
{
changeSuccessful = currentUser.ChangePassword(currentPassword, newPassword);
}
catch
{
// An exception is thrown if the new password does not meet the provider's requirements
}
if (changeSuccessful)
{
return RedirectToAction("ChangePasswordSuccess");
}
else
{
ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError("password", currentPassword, "The current password is incorrect or the new password is invalid.");
}
}
// If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
ViewData["Title"] = "Change Password";
ViewData["PasswordLength"] = Provider.MinRequiredPasswordLength;
return View();
}
public ActionResult ChangePasswordSuccess()
{
ViewData["Title"] = "Change Password";
return View();
}
[AcceptVerbs("GET")]
public ActionResult Login()
{
ViewData["Title"] = "Login";
ViewData["CurrentPage"] = "login";
return View();
}
[AcceptVerbs("POST")]
public ActionResult Login(string username, string password, bool? rememberMe)
{
// Basic parameter validation
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(username))
{
ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError("username", username, "You must specify a username.");
}
if (ViewData.ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Attempt to login
bool loginSuccessful = Provider.ValidateUser(username, password);
if (loginSuccessful)
{
FormsAuth.SetAuthCookie(username, rememberMe ?? false);
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
}
else
{
ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError("*", username, "The username or password provided is incorrect.");
}
}
// If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
ViewData["Title"] = "Login";
ViewData["CurrentPage"] = "login";
ViewData["username"] = username;
return View();
}
public ActionResult Logout()
{
FormsAuth.SignOut();
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
}
protected override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
{
if (filterContext.HttpContext.User.Identity is WindowsIdentity)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Windows authentication is not supported.");
}
}
[AcceptVerbs("GET")]
public ActionResult Register()
{
ViewData["Title"] = "Register";
ViewData["PasswordLength"] = Provider.MinRequiredPasswordLength;
return View();
}
[AcceptVerbs("POST")]
public ActionResult Register(string username, string email, string password, string confirmPassword)
{
// Basic parameter validation
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(username))
{
ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError("username", username, "You must specify a username.");
}
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(email))
{
ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError("email", email, "You must specify an email address.");
}
if (password == null || password.Length < Provider.MinRequiredPasswordLength)
{
ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError("password", password, String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
"You must specify a password of {0} or more characters.",
Provider.MinRequiredPasswordLength));
}
if (!String.Equals(password, confirmPassword, StringComparison.Ordinal))
{
ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError("confirmPassword", confirmPassword, "The password and confirmation do not match.");
}
if (ViewData.ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Attempt to register the user
MembershipCreateStatus createStatus;
MembershipUser newUser = Provider.CreateUser(username, password, email, null, null, true, null, out createStatus);
if (newUser != null)
{
FormsAuth.SetAuthCookie(username, false /* createPersistentCookie */);
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
}
else
{
ViewData.ModelState.AddModelError("*", username, ErrorCodeToString(createStatus));
}
}
// If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
ViewData["Title"] = "Register";
ViewData["PasswordLength"] = Provider.MinRequiredPasswordLength;
ViewData["username"] = username;
ViewData["email"] = email;
return View();
}
public static string ErrorCodeToString(MembershipCreateStatus createStatus)
{
// See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.security.membershipcreatestatus.aspx for
// a full list of status codes.
switch (createStatus)
{
case MembershipCreateStatus.DuplicateUserName:
return "Username already exists. Please enter a different user name.";
case MembershipCreateStatus.DuplicateEmail:
return "A username for that e-mail address already exists. Please enter a different e-mail address.";
case MembershipCreateStatus.InvalidPassword:
return "The password provided is invalid. Please enter a valid password value.";
case MembershipCreateStatus.InvalidEmail:
return "The e-mail address provided is invalid. Please check the value and try again.";
case MembershipCreateStatus.InvalidAnswer:
return "The password retrieval answer provided is invalid. Please check the value and try again.";
case MembershipCreateStatus.InvalidQuestion:
return "The password retrieval question provided is invalid. Please check the value and try again.";
case MembershipCreateStatus.InvalidUserName:
return "The user name provided is invalid. Please check the value and try again.";
case MembershipCreateStatus.ProviderError:
return "The authentication provider returned an error. Please verify your entry and try again. If the problem persists, please contact your system administrator.";
case MembershipCreateStatus.UserRejected:
return "The user creation request has been canceled. Please verify your entry and try again. If the problem persists, please contact your system administrator.";
default:
return "An unknown error occurred. Please verify your entry and try again. If the problem persists, please contact your system administrator.";
}
}
}
// The FormsAuthentication type is sealed and contains static members, so it is difficult to
// unit test code that calls its members. The interface and helper class below demonstrate
// how to create an abstract wrapper around such a type in order to make the AccountController
// code unit testable.
public interface IFormsAuthentication
{
void SetAuthCookie(string userName, bool createPersistentCookie);
void SignOut();
}
public class FormsAuthenticationWrapper : IFormsAuthentication
{
public void SetAuthCookie(string userName, bool createPersistentCookie)
{
FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(userName, createPersistentCookie);
}
public void SignOut()
{
FormsAuthentication.SignOut();
}
}
The login view
<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Login.aspx.cs" Inherits="GuildSite.Views.Account.Login" %>
<asp:Content ID="loginContent" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
<h2>Login</h2>
<p>
Please enter your username and password below. If you don't have an account,
please <%= Html.ActionLink("register", "Register") %>.
</p>
<%= Html.ValidationSummary()%>
<form method="post" action="<%= Html.AttributeEncode(Url.Action("Login")) %>">
<div class="form">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Username:</td>
<td><%= Html.TextBox("username") %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Password:</td>
<td><%= Html.Password("password") %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="rememberMe" value="true" /> Remember me?</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Login" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</form>
</asp:Content>
The register view
<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Register.aspx.cs" Inherits="GuildSite.Views.Account.Register" %>
<asp:Content ID="registerContent" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
<h2>Account Creation</h2>
<p>
Use the form below to create a new account.
</p>
<p>
Passwords are required to be a minimum of <%=Html.Encode(ViewData["PasswordLength"])%> characters in length.
</p>
<%= Html.ValidationSummary()%>
<form method="post" action="<%= Html.AttributeEncode(Url.Action("Register")) %>">
<div class="form">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Username:</td>
<td><%= Html.TextBox("username") %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Email:</td>
<td><%= Html.TextBox("email") %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Password:</td>
<td><%= Html.Password("password") %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Confirm password:</td>
<td><%= Html.Password("confirmPassword") %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Register" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</form>
</asp:Content>
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