OnlineMarketingContext.GetCurrentContact Method (CurrentUserInfo, Boolean)

Returns current contact. Tries to find contact in persistent storage, obtains it from the users or tries to recognize it according to known information. If no contact can be found, it creates a new anonymous contact. If Online marketing is not enabled or there is no license for ContactManagement found, null is returned. Also, null is returned if request is made by crawler (googlebot, etc.) and CMSEnableContactBots web.config setting is disabled.

Namespace: CMS.OnlineMarketing
Assembly: CMS.OnlineMarketing (in CMS.OnlineMarketing.dll) Version: 9.0.0

Syntax

public static ContactInfo GetCurrentContact(
	CurrentUserInfo currentUser,
	bool forceUserMatching
)

Parameters

currentUser

Type: CMS.Membership.CurrentUserInfo
Contact assigned to this user will be returned, if contact is not already known

forceUserMatching

Type: System.Boolean
If true, contact contact will be taken from user in currentUser parameter even if it is already known from cookie for example.

Return Value

Type: ContactInfo
Current contact