What Type (class) do i use for a property in my POCO for Asp.net Identy User

Question

I have a codefirst POCO, and i want to specify a LastEditUser from my current ASP.NET IDENTITY user. I tried type ApplicationUser that gets generated with the new project. but it just saves as null.

Here is my current Attempt

public class SomeClass
{
    public string SomeProperty { get; set; }
    public ApplicationUser LastEditMember { get; set; }
}

And here is how i try to save it in my controller.

string currentUserId = User.Identity.GetUserId();
ApplicationUser currentUser = db.Users.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == currentUserId);
instannceOfSomeClass.LastEditMember = currentUser;

After loading this again. the LastEditMember property is null.

Answer 1

I would suggest using the UserManager class to get the user object instead of working with the DbContext object. You can use UserManager.FindByIdAsync(currentUserId) to get the user. Also I am considering that this code is hit only after a user logs into the application else the currentUserId will be null