How to Get Custom Property Value of the ApplicationUser in the ASP.Net MVC 5 View?

Question

In the ASP.Net MVC 5, the ApplicationUser can be extended to have custom property. I have extended it such that it now has a new property called

Answer 1

Add the claim in ClaimsIdentity:

public class ApplicationUser : IdentityUser
{
    ...

    public async Task<ClaimsIdentity> GenerateUserIdentityAsync(UserManager<ApplicationUser> manager)
    {
        // Note the authenticationType must match the one defined in CookieAuthenticationOptions.AuthenticationType
        var userIdentity = await manager.CreateIdentityAsync(this, DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);
        // Add custom user claims here
        userIdentity.AddClaim(new Claim("DisplayName", DisplayName));
        return userIdentity;
    }
}

Created an extention method to read DisplayName from ClaimsIdentity:

public static class IdentityExtensions
{
    public static string GetDisplayName(this IIdentity identity)
    {
        if (identity == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException("identity");
        }
        var ci = identity as ClaimsIdentity;
        if (ci != null)
        {
            return ci.FindFirstValue("DisplayName");
        }
        return null;           
    }
}

In your view use it like:

User.Identity.GetDisplayName()