Filter to Secure an Action Method

Learn about applying cross-functional filters at different levels in ASP.NET Core MVC, enabling role management, and creating roles programmatically.

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Cross-functional filters

When we need to add functionality to multiple controllers and actions, we can use or define our filters implemented as an attribute class. Filters can be applied at the following levels:

  • At the action level, by decorating an action method with the attribute. This will only affect one action method.

  • At the controller level, by decorating the controller class with the attribute. This will affect all methods of the controller.

  • At the global level, by adding the attribute type to the Filters collection of the MvcOptions instance that can be used to configure MVC when calling the AddControllersWithViews method, as shown in the following code:

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