Check group memberships

Checking a users group memberships can be achieved by using one of the IsMemberOf method overloads on the user object.

IsMemberOf(string)
IsMemberOf(params string[])
IsMemberOfAsync(string)
IsMemberOfAsync(params string[])
IsMemberOf(guid)
IsMemberOf(params guid[])
IsMemberOfAsync(guid)
IsMemberOfAsync(params guid[])
IsMemberOf(string)
IsMemberOf(params string[])
IsMemberOfAsync(string)
IsMemberOfAsync(params string[])

By group name

Checks the user is a member of the specified group.

Syntax

public bool IsMemberOf(string groupName)
{    
}

Parameters

groupName

Type: string
The group name to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = client.Security.Users.Get("t.durden");

// Check if the user is a member of the System Administrators group
bool isSystemAdmin = user.IsMemberOf("System Administrators");

By group names

Checks the user is a member of at least one of the specified groups.

Syntax

public bool IsMemberOf(params string[] groupNames)
{    
}

Parameters

groupNames

Type: string[]
The group names to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = client.Security.Users.Get("t.durden");

// Check if the user is a member of the System Administrators or Developers groups
bool isSystemAdmin = user.IsMemberOf("System Administrators", "Developers");

By group name async

Checks the user is a member of the specified group asynchronously.

Syntax

public async Task<bool> IsMemberOfAsync(string groupName)
{    
}

Parameters

groupName

Type: string
The group name to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;
using Zengenti.Contensis.Management.Users;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = await client.Security.Users.GetAsync("t.durden");

// Check if the user is a member of the System Administrators group
bool isSystemAdmin = await user.IsMemberOfAsync("System Administrators");

By group names async

Checks the user is a member of a least one of the specified groups asynchronously.

Syntax

public async Task<bool> IsMemberOfAsync(params string[] groupNames)
{    
}

Parameters

groupNames

Type: string[]
The group name to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = await client.Security.Users.GetAsync("t.durden");

// Check if the user is a member of the System Administrators or Developers groups
bool isSystemAdmin = await user.IsMemberOfAsync("System Administrators", "Developers");

By group id

Checks the user's group membership by the group identifier.

Syntax

public bool IsMemberOf(Guid groupId)
{    
}

Parameters

groupId

Type: guid
The group identifier to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = client.Security.Users.Get("t.durden");

//Mimic a group guid
Guid groupId = Guid.Parse("94b53068-4501-4ea2-abbd-ba51fed5008e");

// Check if the user is a member of the System Administrators group
bool isSystemAdmin = user.IsMemberOf(groupId);

By group ids

Checks the user's group membership by a list of group identifiers.

Syntax

public bool IsMemberOf(params Guid[] groupIds)
{    
}

Parameters

groupIds

Type: guid[]
The group identifiers to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = client.Security.Users.Get("t.durden");

//Mimic group guids
Guid[] groupIds = {
    Guid.Parse("94b53068-4501-4ea2-abbd-ba51fed5008e"),
    Guid.Parse("ec432ee4-3b15-481b-8509-faceb91e030f")
};

// Check if the user is a member of any of the array of groups
bool isSystemAdmin = user.IsMemberOf(groupIds);

By group id async

Checks the user's group membership by the group identifier asynchronously.

Syntax

public async Task<bool> IsMemberOfAsync(Guid groupId)
{    
}

Parameters

groupId

Type: guid
The group identifier to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = await client.Security.Users.GetAsync("t.durden");

//Mimic a group guid
Guid groupId = Guid.Parse("94b53068-4501-4ea2-abbd-ba51fed5008e");

// Check if the user is a member of the System Administrators group
bool isSystemAdmin = await user.IsMemberOfAsync(groupId);

By group ids async

Checks the user's group membership by a list of group identifiers.

Syntax

public async Task<bool> IsMemberOf(params Guid[] groupIds)
{    
}

Parameters

groupIds

Type: guid[]
The group identifiers to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = await client.Security.Users.GetAsync("t.durden");

//Mimic group guids
Guid[] groupIds = {
    Guid.Parse("94b53068-4501-4ea2-abbd-ba51fed5008e"),
    Guid.Parse("ec432ee4-3b15-481b-8509-faceb91e030f")
};

// Check if the user is a member of any of the array of groups
bool isSystemAdmin = await user.IsMemberOfAsync(groupIds);

By group id string

Checks the user's group membership by the group identifier.

Syntax

public bool IsMemberOf(string groupId)
{    
}

Parameters

groupId

Type: string
The group identifier to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = client.Security.Users.Get("t.durden");

// Check if the user is a member of the System Administrators group
bool isSystemAdmin = user.IsMemberOf("94b53068-4501-4ea2-abbd-ba51fed5008e");

By group id strings

Checks the user's group membership by a list of group identifiers.

Syntax

public bool IsMemberOf(params string[] groupIds)
{    
}

Parameters

groupIds

Type: string[]
The group identifiers to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = client.Security.Users.Get("t.durden");

// Check if the user is a member of any of the group identifiers
bool isInGroups = user.IsMemberOf("94b53068-4501-4ea2-abbd-ba51fed5008e", "ec432ee4-3b15-481b-8509-faceb91e030f");

By group id string async

Checks the user's group membership by the group identifier asynchronously.

Syntax

public async Task<bool> IsMemberOfAsync(string groupId)
{    
}

Parameters

groupId

Type: string
The group identifier to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = await client.Security.Users.GetAsync("t.durden");

// Check if the user is a member of the System Administrators group
bool isSystemAdmin = await user.IsMemberOfAsync("94b53068-4501-4ea2-abbd-ba51fed5008e");

By group id strings async

Checks the user's group membership by a list of group identifiers asynchronously.

Syntax

public async Task<bool> IsMemberOfAsync(params string[] groupIds)
{    
}

Parameters

groupIds

Type: string[]
The group identifiers to check membership for.

Examples

using Zengenti.Contensis.Management;

// Create a client
var client = ManagementClient.Create();

// Get the user
User user = await client.Security.Users.GetAsync("t.durden");

// Check if the user is a member of any of the group identifiers
bool isInGroups = await user.IsMemberOfAsync("94b53068-4501-4ea2-abbd-ba51fed5008e", "ec432ee4-3b15-481b-8509-faceb91e030f");

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