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RA.Utilities.Authorization

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RA.Utilities.Authorization offers a streamlined approach to handling user authentication and authorization in ASP.NET Core applications. It provides a strongly-typed, injectable service to easily access the current user's claims, such as user ID, name, and roles, directly from the HttpContext. This utility simplifies the process of retrieving authenticated user data, reducing boilerplate code and improving the readability and maintainability of your authorization logic.

🎯 Purpose​

In any ASP.NET Core application that requires authentication, you often need to access information about the currently logged-in user. This typically involves injecting IHttpContextAccessor and manually parsing claims from HttpContext.User.

This package abstracts that logic away into a clean, reusable, and testable service, ICurrentUser.

The main benefits are:

  • Simplified Access: No more IHttpContextAccessor in your controllers and services. Just inject ICurrentUser.
  • Strongly-Typed: Get the user's ID as a Guid or int without manual parsing and type conversion.
  • Testable: Easily mock ICurrentUser in your unit tests to simulate different authenticated users and scenarios.
  • Reduced Boilerplate: Drastically cuts down on repetitive code for accessing user claims.

🛠️ Installation​

You can install the package via the .NET CLI:

dotnet add package RA.Utilities.Authorization

Or through the NuGet Package Manager console:

Install-Package RA.Utilities.Authorization

Or through the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio.

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