A bunch of Umbraco Membership API snippets

UmbracoMembershipAPI snippets.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web.Security.
using Umbraco.Core.Services;
using Umbraco.Web.Models;
using Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache;

/*
 * 
 * MembershipHelper
 *
 */

// Creates a new register model. Will be constructed with member properties defined on the "MyMemberTypeAlias" within Umbraco.
var newMember = this.Members.CreateRegistrationModel("MyMemberTypeAlias");

/*
 * Other ways of creating a RegisterModel. Avoid!
 */
 
// Nay! Assumes that a default member type for a baked in alias exists!
newMember = this.Members.CreateRegistrationModel();

// Yay for mutability! >_>

/* Nay! Attempts to manually construct an instance of MembershipHelper based off the 
 * current context and also assumes that a default member type for a baked in alias exists! */
newMember = new RegisterModel(); 

/* Nay! Creates a completely vanilla instance of the model and also assumes that a default 
 * member type for a baked in alias exists! */
newMember = RegisterModel.CreateModel();

/*
 * Standard properties that are required to be set for the registration to succeed.
 */

newMember.Name = "Mike Bowen";
newMember.Email = "milquetoastable@gmail.com";
newMember.Password = "24DaysInUmbraco"; 

// UsernameIsEmail needs to be set to false in order for the Username property to be persisted.
newMember.UsernameIsEmail = false;  
newMember.Username = "mike";

newMember.LoginOnSuccess = false;

/*
 * Setting custom properties defined on the member type. The property must be set as "Member can edit" within the Umbraco interface.
 */

UmbracoProperty favouriteLanguage = newMember.MemberProperties.Single(p => p.Alias == "favouriteLanguage");
favouriteLanguage.Value = "Crystal";

/*
 * Saving the member.
 */

MembershipCreateStatus status = new MembershipCreateStatus();
MembershipUser member = this.Members.RegisterMember(newMember, out status);

// Check the status of the registration.
if (status == MembershipCreateStatus.Success)
{
  // Add a role ("member group" in Umbraco) to the newly created member.
  Roles.AddUserToRole(newMember.Username, "MyMemberGroup");
  
  // Members are automatically approved. 
  member.IsApproved = false;
  
  // Re-save the member.
  Membership.UpdateUser(member);
}

/*
 *
 * MemberService
 *
 */

IMemberService service = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.MemberService;
    
// Creates a new member object to persist later on.
IMember newMember = service.CreateMember("milquetoastable@gmail.com", "milquetoastable@gmail.com", "Mike Bowen", "MyMemberType");

// Ostensibly the same methods. Creates and immediately persists a new member.
newMember = service.CreateMemberWithIdentity("milquetoastable@gmail.com", "milquetoastable@gmail.com", "Mike Bowen", "MyMemberType");
newMember = service.CreateWithIdentity("milquetoastable@gmail.com", "milquetoastable@gmail.com", "Mike Bowen", "MyMemberType");

// Setting custom properties.
newMember.SetValue("favouriteLanguage", "Ruby");

// Setting standard membership properties. Requires less hoop jumping than using MembershipHelper.
newMember.Comments = "Here's an member";
newMember.IsApproved = false;
newMember.PasswordQuestion = "Awesome?";
newMember.RawPasswordAnswerValue = "AWESOME";

service.Save(newMember);
service.SavePassword(newMember, "24DaysInUmbraco");

// Assigning roles.
service.AssignRoles(new [] { newMember.Id }, new [] { "MyMemberGroup", "MyOtherMemberGroup" });