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But what if you don't want hardcode roles on the `Authorize` attribute or create roles later and specify in which controller and action it has access without touching source code?
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**DynamicAuthorization** helps you authorize users without hardcoding role(s) on the `Authorize` attribute with minimum effort. DynamicAuthorization is built at the top of ASP.NET Core Identity and use identity mechanism for managing roles and authorizing users.
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**DynamicAuthorization** helps you authorize users without hardcoding role(s) on the `Authorize` attribute with minimum effort. DynamicAuthorization is built at the top of ASP.NET Core Identity and uses identity mechanism for managing roles and authorizing users.
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Install the _DynamicAuthorization.Mvc.Core_ [NuGet package](https://www.nuget.org/packages/DynamicAuthorization.Mvc.Core) and _DynamicAuthorization.Mvc.JsonStore_ [NuGet package](https://www.nuget.org/packages/DynamicAuthorization.Mvc.JsonStore)
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Role access will be saved in JSON file and you can specify the file path `FilePath` config.
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You can decorate controllers and actions with `DisplayName` attribute to show user a more meaningful name instead of controller and action name.
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```c#
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[DisplayName("Access Management")]
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public class AccessController : Controller
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{
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// GET: Access
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[DisplayName("Access List")]
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public async Task<ActionResult> Index()
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}
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```
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You can also use default UI to for managing roles and assigning roles to users if you don't want to implement them by yourself.
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Install the _DynamicAuthorization.Mvc.Ui_ [NuGet package](https://www.nuget.org/packages/DynamicAuthorization.Mvc.Ui)
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```powershell
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Install-Package DynamicAuthorization.Mvc.Ui
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```
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Then `AddUi` to DynamicAuthorization registration:
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```
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services
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.AddDynamicAuthorization<ApplicationDbContext>(options => options.DefaultAdminUser = "UserName")
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.AddJsonStore(options => options.FilePath = "FilePath")
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.AddUi();
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```
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Use `/role` url to manage roles and `/userrole` url to assign roles to users.
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![create project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mo-esmp/DynamicRoleBasedAuthorizationNETCore/dev/assets/create-role-2.jpg)
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You can also use a custom `TageHelper` to check whether the user has access to view content or not. create a custom tag helper that inherits from `SecureContentTagHelper`
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```c#
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[HtmlTargetElement("secure-content")]
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public class MySecureContentTagHelper : SecureContentTagHelper<ApplicationDbContext>
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{
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public MySecureContentTagHelper(
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ApplicationDbContext dbContext,
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DynamicAuthorizationOptions authorizationOptions,
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IRoleAccessStore roleAccessStore
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)
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: base(dbContext, authorizationOptions, roleAccessStore)
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{
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}
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}
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```
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In each view wrap a content or an anchor tag inside `secure-content` tag:
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```html
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<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
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<li><a asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Index">Home</a></li>
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<li><a asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="About">About</a></li>
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<li><a asp-area="" asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Contact">Contact</a></li>
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<secure-content asp-area="" asp-controller="Role" asp-action="Index">
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<li><a asp-area="" asp-controller="Role" asp-action="Index">Role</a></li>
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</secure-content>
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<secure-content asp-area="" asp-controller="Access" asp-action="Index">
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<li><a asp-area="" asp-controller="Access" asp-action="Index">Access</a></li>
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</secure-content>
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</ul>
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```
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Don't forget to add your tag halper namespace to `_ViewImports.cshtml`:
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```cshtml
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@using SampleMvcWebApp
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@addTagHelper *, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
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@addTagHelper *, SampleMvcWebApp
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```
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If you extended `IdentityUser` or you changed user and role key, you should pass user and role type too. for example:
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```c#
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public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser> { ... }
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public class MySecureContentTagHelper : SecureContentTagHelper<ApplicationDbContext, ApplicationUser> { ... }
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```
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```c#
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public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser, ApplicationRole, int> { ... }
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public class MySecureContentTagHelper : SecureContentTagHelper<ApplicationDbContext, ApplicationUser, ApplicationRole, int> { ... }
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```
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If you don't want to use the default UI, follow the below steps to discover controller and actions and give access to role and then assign role to user.
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The next step is discovering controllers and actions. `IMvcControllerDiscovery` return all controllers and actions that decorated with `[Authorize]` attribute. `IMvcControllerDiscovery.GetControllers()` method returns list of `MvcControllerInfo`:
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The next step is creating a role assign acccess to it. Use `RoleManager<>` to create role and `IRoleAccessStore` to store role access.
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The next step is creating a role to assign access to it. Use `RoleManager<>` to create role and `IRoleAccessStore` to store role access.
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Here is an example to create a role and assign access to the role. Check out samples to view full implementation.
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Here is an example to create a role and assign access to the role.
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Checkout samples to view full implementation.
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You can decorate controllers and actions with `DisplayName` attribute to show user a more meaningful name instead of controller and action name.
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public async Task<ActionResult> Index()
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You can also use default UI to for managing roles and assigning roles to users if you don't want to implement them by yourself.
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Install the _DynamicAuthorization.Mvc.Ui_ [NuGet package](https://www.nuget.org/packages/DynamicAuthorization.Mvc.Ui)
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Use `/role` url and to manage roles and `/userrole` to assing roles to users.
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![create project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mo-esmp/DynamicRoleBasedAuthorizationNETCore/dev/assets/create-role-2.jpg)
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You can also use a custom `TageHelper` to check whether user has access to view a content or not. create a cutome tag helper that inherits from `SecureContentTagHelper`
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To implement DynamicAuthorization step by step by yourself checkout [manual branch](https://github.com/mo-esmp/DynamicRoleBasedAuthorizationNETCore/tree/manual).

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