ali-elrediny / AuthorizeAttribute.Extended

This provides a library separating 403 error from 401 error on the ASP.NET MVC AuthorizeAttribute class.

AuthorizeAttribute Extended

AuthorizeAttribute Extended separates 403 (Forbidden) error code from 401 (Unauthorized) error code based on authentication and/or authorisation result, while ASP.NET's AuthorizeAttribute class only returns 401 (Unauthorized) error code.

Package Status

• AuthorizeAttribute Extended

Getting Started

AuthorizeAttribute Extended works the exactly same as the existing AuthorizeAttribute class on ASP.NET MVC.

Add/Update FilterConfig.cs

• App_Start\FilterConfig.cs should include the AuthorizeAttribute class.
• The using alias MUST be used to avoid confusion from the System.Web.Mvc.AuthorizeAttribute class.

using AuthorizeAttribute = Aliencube.AuthorizeAttribute.Extended.AuthorizeAttribute;
...

public class FilterConfig
{
  public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
  {
    filters.Add(new AuthorizeAttribute());
  }
}

Add/Update Global.asax.cs

• Global.asax.cs should include the FilterConfig to activate the AuthorizeAttribute class.

// Global.asax.cs
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
  protected void Application_Start()
  {
    AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
    FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
    RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
  }
}

Add/Update Controllers

• The using alias MUST be used to avoid confusion from the System.Web.Mvc.AuthorizeAttribute class.

using AuthorizeAttribute = Aliencube.AuthorizeAttribute.Extended.AuthorizeAttribute;
...

[Authorize]
public partial class AccountController : Controller
{
  ...

  [HttpPost]
  [AllowAnonymous]
  public virtual async Task<ActionResult> Login(LoginViewModel model)
  {
    ...

    return View();
  }

  [Authorize(Roles = "User")]
  public virtual async Task<ActionResult> MyProfile()
  {
    ...

    return View();
  }

  ...
}

Contribution

Your contributions are always welcome! All your work should be done in your forked repository. Once you finish your work, please send us a pull request onto our dev branch for review.

License

AuthorizeAttribute Extended is released under MIT License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 aliencube.org

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