How to make WebSecurity.Login to login using username or email?

Question

WebSecurity.Login in simplemembership take username and password, how to make it to login the user using username or email instead of just username?, to make th

Answer 1

You can just pull the user with given email from UserProfiles table

 [HttpPost]
[AllowAnonymous]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Login(LoginModel model, string returnUrl)
{
  var login = false;
  if (ModelState.IsValid)
  {
    if (!model.UserName.Contains("@"))
    {
      if (WebSecurity.Login(model.UserName, model.Password, persistCookie: model.RememberMe))
        login = true;
    }
    else
    {
      var targetUser = db.UserProfiles.Where(u => u.Email == model.UserName).FirstOrDefault();
      if (targetUser != null && WebSecurity.Login(targetUser.UserName, model.Password, persistCookie: model.RememberMe))
        login = true;
    }

  }
  if (login)
    return Redirect(returnUrl);
  // If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
  ModelState.AddModelError("", "The user name or password provided is incorrect.");
  return View(model);
}