Can't find Request.GetOwinContext

Question

I have been searching for an hour trying to figure out why this isn\'t working.

I have a ASP.Net MVC 5 application with a WebAPI. I am trying to get Request.GetOwin

Answer 1

After looking at the ASP.NET default project I discovered I needed to include this in my application startup:

// Enable the application to use a cookie to store information for the signed in user
// and to use a cookie to temporarily store information about a user logging in 
// with a third party login provider
app.UseCookieAuthentication(new CookieAuthenticationOptions());
app.UseExternalSignInCookie(DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ExternalCookie);`