Access User.Identity.Name in HTMLHelper class

Question

I am writing an HTMLHelper but I need to access User.Identity.Name, how do I do that?

Answer 1

public static string YourHtmlHelper(this HtmlHelper html)
{
    var name = html.ViewContext.HttpContext.User.Identity.Name;
}

Answer 2

you might want to check and see if User.Identity is null first before trying to grab the Name.

 public static string YourHtmlHelper(this HtmlHelper html) 
 { 
  var identity = html.ViewContext.HttpContext.User.Identity;

  if (identity != null)
  {
   return html.ViewContext.HttpContext.User.Identity.Name;
  }

  return string.Empty;
 }