Create Cookie in MVC 3 - asp.net

Question

How can i create a cookie step by step,
that stores the user login id and password when he/she clicks Remember Me? option
and i am planing to kill this cookie after certain time

Answer 1

Cookies are created the same way as they are in plain old ASP.NET, you just need to access the Response.
public ActionResult Login(string username, string password, bool rememberMe)
{
// validate username/password
if (rememberMe)
{
HttpCookie cookie = new HttpCookie("RememberUsername", username);
Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);
}
return View();
}
However, if you're using Forms Auth, you can just make your FormsAuth ticket cookie persistent:
public ActionResult Login(string username, string password, bool rememberMe)
{
// validate username/password
FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(username, rememberMe);
return View();
}
You can read cookies like this:
public ActionResult Index()
{
var cookie = Request.Cookies["RememberUsername"];
var username = cookie == null ? string.Empty : cookie.Value; // if the cookie is not present, 'cookie' will be null. I set the 'username' variable to an empty string if its missing; otherwise i use the cookie value
// do what you wish with the cookie value
return View();
}
If you are using Forms Authentication and the user is logged in, you can access their username like this:
public ActionResult Index()
{
var username = User.Identity.IsAuthenticated ? User.Identity.Name : string.Empty;
// do what you wish with user name
return View();
}
It is possible to decrypt and read the contents of a ticket. You can even store small amounts of custom data in the ticket, if you need to. See this article for more info.