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Hello! I have the following setup... 1) http://my.webapp.com/Custom webapp that interacts with BV data via API. 2) http://my.webapp.com/shop/My BVC installation that the user will eventually get to after doing a few things on the above homepage. I have my custom webapp authenticating users via the UserAccount.ValidateUser(...) method, but how can I create the appropriate session variable and/or cookie so that when the user later gets to the actual BVC storefront they are already logged in? Would I need my own cookie that I would need to customize BV to read and re-authenticate in the background or is there another easier way that I'm missing? All ideas appreciated... Thanks, -Aaron
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To set the cookie you just need to call SessionManager.SetCurrentUserId(u.Bvin, True) this should be Ok depending upon your cookie setup as you are on the same domain. You may need to add a few small tweeks under BvAdmin > Options > Security
If you need to go cross domain then you will have to impliment some form of server side single sign on.
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Originally Posted by: DezTech  I have my custom webapp authenticating users via the UserAccount.ValidateUser(...) method... Are you using the web services API or are you using the BVC Core assembly? Originally Posted by: DezTech ...how can I create the appropriate session variable and/or cookie so that when the user later gets to the actual BVC storefront they are already logged in? Originally Posted by: Steve95 To set the cookie you just need to call SessionManager.SetCurrentUserId(u.Bvin, True)... This will only work if you're using the BVC Core assembly, not the web services API. Note that the Boolean parameter to that function sets whether the site should keep the user logged in on subsequent visits to the site. If you are using the web services API you will need to set the login cookie manually. You can get the cookie name by going to Options >> Site Settings >> Users in the admin and looking at the value of the "User ID Cookie Name" setting. The default value is "Bvc5UserID". Once you have the cookie name value you just set the cookie value to the user's bvin. |
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Just a note Aaron's answer is also dependent upon the cookie you are creating is within the same domain.
To create the cookie manually have a look though BVsoftware.Bvc5.Core > SessionManager.SetCookieString for an example on how BV accomplishes this
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Originally Posted by: Aaron Are you using the web services API or are you using the BVC Core assembly? I'm using the core assembly. Originally Posted by: Steve95 To set the cookie you just need to call SessionManager.SetCurrentUserId(u.Bvin, True)... This is what I tried and it doesn't appear to be setting the login cookie (I think it's only setting a session var), but the BVCartId is written. Moreover, looking at cookies saved by the standard bvc store installation I still don't see a cookie being saved strictly for logging in (using the login form withOUT the RememberMe checkbox). The only cookie being saved is the BVUserID for the RememberMe checkbox when I do select that option. Would I still need to make adjustments to the Admin -> Options -> Security page being that both apps are on the same domain and the BVC installation is just in a /shop/ App subfolder? The ASP.NET_SessionId cookie value is even the same when viewing pages in each application so I'm thinking even session vars could be potentially shared, but logging into my root application still doesn't show me as logged into the BVC store. Thanks for the help so far and hopefully this is just something simple that I'm missing. -Aaron
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Originally Posted by: DezTech Originally Posted by: Steve95 To set the cookie you just need to call SessionManager.SetCurrentUserId(u.Bvin, True)... This is what I tried and it doesn't appear to be setting the login cookie (I think it's only setting a session var), but the BVCartId is written. Moreover, looking at cookies saved by the standard bvc store installation I still don't see a cookie being saved strictly for logging in (using the login form withOUT the RememberMe checkbox). The only cookie being saved is the BVUserID for the RememberMe checkbox when I do select that option. Right. You need to have the 'remember users' setting enabled on the Options >> Site Settings >> Security page and check the "Remember Me" checkbox when logging in. That will set the cookie. Originally Posted by: DezTech Would I still need to make adjustments to the Admin -> Options -> Security page being that both apps are on the same domain and the BVC installation is just in a /shop/ App subfolder? The ASP.NET_SessionId cookie value is even the same when viewing pages in each application so I'm thinking even session vars could be potentially shared, but logging into my root application still doesn't show me as logged into the BVC store. If the root website and the BVC store in /shop are running as separate IIS applications (even if they're using the same app pool), session data will not be shared. That's why you need to configure the settings as I mentioned above so that the cookie is set (and the cookie can be accessed across applications). |
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Just at add to Aarons response this would normally be done by adding a dot in front of the domain if you were setting up programmatically e.g. .my.webapp.com
With the setup you could so share the cookie with subdomains as well, should the need arise.
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