GetOwinContext through WCF throw nullreferenceException - wcf

Question

i already have an MVC ASP.NET application where I manage authentication, using ASP.NET Identity for that.
I created a WCF service in the App, to allow other applications create new accounts using the service that my app provide to them.
When i call the WCF service, i get a NullReference from GetOwinContext() when service try to use userManager property.
This is my WCF Service Implementation:
using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Web;
using MyCompany.MyProject.Core.Security.Auth;
using MyCompany.MyProject.Core.Security.Auth.Models;
using MyCompany.MyProject.MvcWebHost.Services.Contracts;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin;
using Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb;
using System.ServiceModel;
public class AuthenticationService : IAuthenticationService
{
private ApplicationUserManager _userManager;
public ApplicationUserManager UserManager
{
get
{
return _userManager ?? HttpContext.Current.GetOwinContext().GetUserManager<ApplicationUserManager>();
}
private set
{
_userManager = value;
}
}
public OperationResultDTO CreateUserAccount(UserAccountDTO userDto)
{
OperationResultDTO result = new OperationResultDTO();
var user = new ApplicationUser();
user.UserName = userDto.Identifier.ToString();
user.Email = userDto.Email;
Task<IdentityResult> adminresult = UserManager.CreateAsync(user, userDto.Password);
if (adminresult.IsCompleted && adminresult.IsFaulted != false)
{
result.IsSuccess = true;
result.HasError = false;
}
else
{
result.IsSuccess = false;
result.HasError = true;
result.ErrorMessage = "This is an error message!";
}
return result;
}
}
How can i solve it?

Answer 1

OWIN is not supported with WCF as you can see here, http://owin.org/#projects
If you still want to use OWIN you have to switch to REST or drop OWIN if you want to use WCF