SignalR - Private Messaging-Userid

Question

I am working on Signal-R private messaging. I tried to use sessions but didn't do. I want to use user-ids from database instead of context.ConnectionId. How can i do this?

Answer 1

I suggest you use an IUserIdProvider . The default one generates user names from the client's IPrincipal.Identity.Name , but you can provide your own:

http://www.asp.net/signalr/overview/guide-to-the-api/mapping-users-to-connections#IUserIdProvider

This allows you to send messages using .User(userName) instead of .Client(connectionId) .

The article I linked to also provides a few alternatives such as single-user groups for messaging users without using their connection ID.