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Logging a User Into Public Views

Posted April 2nd, 2010 by TBONE
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I am looking for some code to log in a user into public views from a custom page within the public view site.

This is pretty easy, in that you should be able to use:

ValidateUser from the MembershipWebService.asmx Web Service, and be all set.

However, I have a bit of a twist.  I have an ID number and do not have the user's password.  I can get the record's username, but I have not way of knowing the password.  

Anyone know of a method that will allow this process?

I see that in iBO I can create a CContact using -> CContactUser.LoginByWebLogin(UserName) but 

I don't think there is an equivlent method to get a CWebUser without a password.

I also don't see any method in MembershipWebService that would do it.

 

I think I can still make this happen, but it is a pretty convoluted method involving storing the hash and salt, resetting the password, logging in, and then setting the hash and salt back.

This is obvously not ideal.

Thoughts?
Jason

 

 

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will LoginByPrincipal do what you need?

On April 6th, 2010 Henry Huey says:

i.e.

Asi.iBO.ContactManagement.CContactUser cContactUser1 = Asi.iBO.ContactManagement.CContactUser.LoginByWebLogin("username");
Asi.iBO.ContentManagement.CWebUser cWebUser1 = Asi.iBO.ContentManagement.CWebUser.LoginByPrincipal(AppContext.CurrentPrincipal);

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This looks promising

On April 6th, 2010 TBONE says:

Thanks Henry for responding.

So after the second line, I will have a CWebUser object that is the same as the "user" I passed in using "LoginByWebLogin"?  If so, I think that is sufficent information to setup the session state properly to make Public Views think it is logged in...

Jason

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right, LoginByWebLogin sets the principal...

On April 6th, 2010 Henry Huey says:

...to the user, and then you use the principal to create a CWebUser based on that principal (and thus pointing back to the user). 

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public views - CWebUser

On August 11th, 2011 OravskyT says:

Once this object is created, how can the public view system become aware of this object if it is created in an outside system?

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