ASP.NET MVC Preserve Post Data After Authorize

Question

Hi!

I have an action handling a form post, but I want to make sure they are authenticated before the action. The problem is that the post data is lost because they user is redirected to the login page, and then back.

    [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
    [Authorize]
    public ActionResult AskQuestion(string question)
    {
       ....
    }

Any ideas?

Cheers

Answer 1

A POST is usually used for an add, update, or delete of data. By the time the user is doing this, if authentication is needed, you should have already authenticated them. So I would suggest that you change the flow of your app to authenticate before the POST.

Answer 2

You need to serialize your form values and a RedirectUrl to a hidden field.

After authentication deserialize the data in your hidden field and redirect based on the value of the RedirectUrl.

You will need a custom Authorize class to handle this.

Answer 3

You can also use the session to save the information...