Password Validity Data Annotation - gecko-8/devwiki GitHub Wiki

  1. Create the following class in a folder called Validation in your project.
    using <Project>.Entities;
    using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
    using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
    using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
    using System.Linq;
    
    namespace <Project>.Validation
    {
        public class ValidPasswordAttribute : ValidationAttribute
        {
            protected override ValidationResult IsValid(object value, ValidationContext validationContext)
            {
                var httpContextAccessor = (IHttpContextAccessor)validationContext.GetService(typeof(IHttpContextAccessor));
                var userManager = (UserManager<User>)validationContext.GetService(typeof(UserManager<User>));
                var claimsPrincipal = httpContextAccessor.HttpContext.User;
                var user = userManager.GetUserAsync(claimsPrincipal).Result;
    
                // Check each available validator
                foreach(var validator in userManager.PasswordValidators)
                {
                    var result = validator.ValidateAsync(userManager, user, (string)value).Result;
                    if (!result.Succeeded)
                        return new ValidationResult(result.Errors.First().Description);
                }
                return ValidationResult.Success;
            }
        }
    }
    
  2. Use like this:
    [ValidPassword]
    public string Password { get; set; }
    
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