Calabonga.AspNetCore.IdentityDebug 1.0.0

Calabonga.AspNetCore.IdentityDebug for ASP.NET Core

Simple but very helpful nuget package Calabonga.AspNetCore.IdentityDebug that's allow you to attach required identity (ClaimIrentity) for View or PageModel debuging.

Why

Sometime authentication server is far away, and you need to design a views for some roles. You may not have an account (login+pass) to view how IO changed. That's why this nuget-package.

v.1.0.0 2025-10-29

• First release.

How to use

1. Install nuget package

   dotnet add package Calabonga.AspNetCore.IdentityDebug
   

2. Create a text-file, for example Administrator.identity. This file contains a claims will loaded when you start debug you application. The content should be like below:

   {
     "items": [
       {
         "key": "givenname",
         "value": "DEBUG"
       },
       {
         "key": "surname",
         "value": "Adminstator"
       },
       {
         "key": "nameidentifier",
         "value": "0231bd57-6d45-4086-bc16-99e77978e0f5"
       },
       {
         "key": "name",
         "value": "Administrator"
       },
       {
         "key": "role",
         "value": "Administrator"
       },
       {
         "key": "role",
         "value": "MyService"
       },
       {
         "key": "role",
         "value": "Supervisor"
       },
       {
         "key": "role",
         "value": "Manager"
       },
       {
         "key": "role",
         "value": "Editor"
       }
     ]
   }
   

3. Replace you real .AddAuthentication() method with new one from this nuget-package^

   builder.Services
       .AddAuthenticationDebug("c:\\Temp\\Administrator.identity")
       //.AddAuthentication(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
       .AddCookie(options =>
       {
           options.LoginPath = "/connect/login";
           options.LogoutPath = "/connect/logout";
           options.ExpireTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromHours(1);
           options.SlidingExpiration = false;
       });
   

4. Done. When you start your application it load file from the path you set and attach into context user with claims you define in file.

5. You can use identity-files as you wish. Something like this:

       public override void ConfigureServices(WebApplicationBuilder builder)
       {
           builder.Services
   #if ADMINISTRATOR
               .AddAuthenticationDebug("c:\\Temp\\Administrator.identity")
   #elif MANAGER
               .AddAuthenticationDebug("c:\\Temp\\Manager.identity")
   #elif VIEWER
               .AddAuthenticationDebug("c:\\Temp\\Viewer.identity")
   #else
               .AddAuthentication(options => options.DefaultScheme = CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
   #endif
               .AddCookie(options =>
               {
                   options.LoginPath = "/connect/login";
                   options.LogoutPath = "/connect/logout";
                   options.ExpireTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromHours(1);
                   options.SlidingExpiration = false;
               });
       }
   

   In this case you should just select a run configuration for VisualStudio, for example.

6. Have a nice DEBUG!