It took me awhile to figure out but I finally got it. Anthony please excuse me but going to repost a lot of your code so that dumb developers like me can understand.
In the latest WebAPI2 (Visual Studio 2013 Update 2) the registration method will look like so:
// POST api/Account/Register
[AllowAnonymous]
[Route("Register")]
public async Task<IHttpActionResult> Register(RegisterBindingModel model)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return BadRequest(ModelState);
}
var user = new ApplicationUser() { UserName = model.Email, Email = model.Email };
IdentityResult result = await UserManager.CreateAsync(user, model.Password);
if (!result.Succeeded)
{
return GetErrorResult(result);
}
return Ok();
}
What you want to do is replace it with this:
// POST api/Account/Register
[AllowAnonymous]
[Route("Register")]
public async Task<IHttpActionResult> Register(RegisterBindingModel model)
{
if (!ModelState.IsValid)
{
return BadRequest(ModelState);
}
IdentityResult result;
using (var context = new ApplicationDbContext())
{
var roleStore = new RoleStore<IdentityRole>(context);
var roleManager = new RoleManager<IdentityRole>(roleStore);
await roleManager.CreateAsync(new IdentityRole() { Name = "Admin" });
var userStore = new UserStore<ApplicationUser>(context);
var userManager = new UserManager<ApplicationUser>(userStore);
var user = new ApplicationUser() { UserName = model.Email, Email = model.Email };
result = await UserManager.CreateAsync(user, model.Password);
await userManager.AddToRoleAsync(user.Id, "Admin");
}
if (!result.Succeeded)
{
return GetErrorResult(result);
}
return Ok();
}
Now when you post it should correctly work, but you may run into a further problem. After I did this my response complained about the DB.
The model backing the <Database> context has changed since the database was created
To fix this error I had to go into the Package Manager Console and enable Migrations.
Enable-Migrations –EnableAutomaticMigrations
Then:
Add Migration
Finally:
Update-Database
A good post on enabling migrations here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/jj554735.aspx