How to logout user in OWIN ASP.NET MVC5

Question

I have got a standard AccountController class of ASP.NET MVC5 project. When I try to log out user I am facing an error coz HttpContext

Answer 1

A call to Session_End() is causing the exception. That is totally expected since you cannot simply create new AccountController(), call accountController.SignOut() and expect it to work. This new controller is not wired up into the MVC pipeline - it does not have HttpContext and all its other requirements to be able to work.

You should log users out in response to a request that they have made. Create a new MVC project with Individual Accounts authentication. Open AccountController and take a look at the LogOff() method:

    [HttpPost]
    [ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
    public ActionResult LogOff()
    {
        AuthenticationManager.SignOut();
        return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
    }

Here AuthenticationManager.SignOut() will be executed in response to a POST request at /Account/LogOff. Whenever such request arrives the ASP.NET/MVC will create an instance of AccountController and initialize it properly. After that the LogOff method will be called where you can actually execute AuthenticationManager.SignOut();.

Also in the default ASP.NET/MVC Application with Identity declares AuthenticationManager in the Helpers region of the code as follows:

private IAuthenticationManager AuthenticationManager { get { return HttpContext.GetOwinContext().Authentication; } }

Hope this helps.