AuthenticationHelper.AuthenticateLinkedInUser Method

Authenticates user with LinkedID parameters. It will create new user if not found in DB.

Namespace: CMS.Membership
Assembly: CMS.Membership (in CMS.Membership.dll) Version: 8.2.23

Syntax

public static UserInfo AuthenticateLinkedInUser(
	string profileID,
	string firstName,
	string lastName,
	string siteName,
	bool generatePassword,
	bool disableConfirmation,
	ref string error
)

Parameters

profileID

Type: System.String
LinkedID profile identifier

firstName

Type: System.String
User's first name

lastName

Type: System.String
User's last name

siteName

Type: System.String
Site name

generatePassword

Type: System.Boolean
Indicates if random password should be generated

disableConfirmation

Type: System.Boolean
Indicates if e-mail confirmation of newly registered user is disabled

error

Type: System.String
Error message which will be filled when error occurred

Return Value

Type: UserInfo
UserInfo with authenticated user or null if user is not found