MVC 5 How to define Owin LoginPath with localized routes

Question

I have a MVC 5 website with localized routes defined as

routes.MapRoute(
            name: \"Default\",
            url: \"{culture}/{controller}/{action}/{         


        

Answer 1

Without taking too much of responsibility on the url format etc, you can do something like the following

public static void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
    UrlHelper url = new UrlHelper(HttpContext.Current.Request.RequestContext);
    app.UseCookieAuthentication(new CookieAuthenticationOptions
    {
        AuthenticationType = DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie,
        LoginPath = new PathString(url.Action("LogOn", "Account", new { area = "Account" })),
        Provider = new CookieAuthenticationProvider
        {
            OnApplyRedirect = context => context.Response.Redirect(context.RedirectUri.Replace(CultureHelper.GetDefaultCulture(), Thread.CurrentUiCulture.Name))
        }
    });
}

Answer 2

The solution can be even simpler if you put the culture on the loginpath :

app.UseCookieAuthentication(new CookieAuthenticationOptions
{
    //Your other properties here
    LoginPath = new PathString("/{culture}/User/Login")
});