Question

Hi I used this in C#:

FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(userID, chkPersistCookie.Checked) 

to create a cookie for my web app.

I need to know how to get the userID back from the cookie?

Answer 1

To get user Id you just need to access the principal. For more read

  HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name;

If you want to get it from the cookie, the cookie can be read as(I don’t recommend this):

  HttpCookie authCookie = Request.Cookies[FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName];