How to extend/customize MVC4 Internet Application WebSecurity/SimpleMembership - asp.net-mvc-4

Question

I've been trying my best to search for more information on how to modify/extend/customize the default membership system available in MVC4 Internet Application (EF 5 Code First) in Visual Studio 2012 Express.
I would like to know how to implement email verification such that when a user registers an email is sent with an activation link. When they click on the link their account is activated and they can log in using their username or email.
I would also like to know how to implement simple Roles for registered users by assigning a default role during registration.
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How do I manage profiles using SimpleMembership?
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But I would really like to work with the existing simplemembership system.
This post is quite close:
http://blog.longle.net/2012/09/25/seeding-users-and-roles-with-mvc4-simplemembershipprovider-simpleroleprovider-ef5-codefirst-and-custom-user-properties/
I've also seen this post:
http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2012/08/29/simplemembership-membership-providers-universal-providers-and-the-new-asp-net-4-5-web-forms-and-asp-net-mvc-4-templates.aspx
This is the closest I've found so far:
http://weblogs.asp.net/thangchung/archive/2012/11/15/customize-the-simplemembership-in-asp-net-mvc-4-0.aspx
This is also useful but for WebPages:
http://blog.osbornm.com/archive/2010/07/21/using-simplemembership-with-asp.net-webpages.aspx
I was hoping to find a more comprehensive walk-through on the proper way to extend it.

Answer 1

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Unless I do not fully understand what you want to do, there is no need to modify/extend/customize the default SimpleMembership to provide an email registration mechanism, or assign a default role during registration, as all of this can be done inside AccountController.
As an example, here is a register method I am using:
[HttpPost]
[AllowAnonymous]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Register(RegisterModel model)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid) //TODO Change this to use a worker to send emails.
{
// Check if email exists already before creating new user
using (UsersContext db = new UsersContext())
{
UserProfile email = db.UserProfiles.FirstOrDefault(u => u.Email.ToLower() == model.Email.ToLower());
UserProfile uName =
db.UserProfiles.FirstOrDefault(u => u.UserName.ToLower() == model.UserName.ToLower());
// Attempt to register the user
try
{
if (email == null && uName == null && this.IsCaptchaVerify("Captcha is not valid"))
{
bool requireEmailConfirmation = !WebMail.SmtpServer.IsEmpty();
string confirmationToken = WebSecurity.CreateUserAndAccount(model.UserName, model.Password, new
{
FirstName = model.FirstName,
LastName = model.LastName,
Email = model.Email
},
requireEmailConfirmation);
if (requireEmailConfirmation)
{
EmailViewModel eml = new EmailViewModel
{
ToEmail = model.Email,
Subject = "Confirmez votre inscription",
FirstName = model.FirstName,
LastName = model.LastName,
Body = confirmationToken
};
UserMailer.ConfirmRegistration(eml).SendAsync();
Response.Redirect("~/Account/Thanks");
}
else
{
WebSecurity.Login(model.UserName, model.Password);
Response.Redirect("~/");
}
}
else
{
if (email != null)
ModelState.AddModelError("Email", "Email address already exists. Please enter a different email address.");
if (uName != null)
ModelState.AddModelError("UserName", "User Name already exists. Please enter a different user name.");
if (!this.IsCaptchaVerify("Captcha is not valid"))
TempData["ErrorMessage"] = "Captcha is not valid";
}
}
catch (MembershipCreateUserException e)
{
ModelState.AddModelError("", ErrorCodeToString(e.StatusCode));
}
}
}
// If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
return View(model);
}
There is no default role assigned here, but it would be easy to add once EmailConfirmation is validated.
As the question is quite old, I hope it help someone!