title: how do i pass an object in ClaimsIdentity Asp.NetCore
body: <p>how do I pass and Object in a JWT claim in Asp.NetCore WebApi e.g lets say I want to pass an object of Gender with an ID and Name.</p>
  
  <pre><code>        private IActionResult GenerateJwtToken(string email, ApplicationUser user)
          {
  
              var tokenHandler = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
              var key = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(appSettings.Secret);
              var tokenDescriptor = new SecurityTokenDescriptor
              {
                  Subject = new ClaimsIdentity(new Claim[] 
                  {
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, user.Id.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.Email, user.Email.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.GivenName, user.FirstName.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.UserData, user.LastName.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.StreetAddress, user.Address.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.DateOfBirth, user.DateOfBirth.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.Rsa, user.FileName.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.Gender, user.Sex.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.Country, user.Country.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.StateOrProvince, user.state.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.Locality, user.LGA.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.Hash, user.HairColor.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.Sid, user.GenoType.Name.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.Spn, user.BloodGroup.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.System, user.Religion.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, user.NKName.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.OtherPhone, user.NKPhoneNumber.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.SerialNumber, user.NKAddress.ToString()),
                      new Claim(ClaimTypes.GroupSid, user.NKRelationship.ToString()),
  
  
                  }),
  
                  Expires = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(7),
                  SigningCredentials = new SigningCredentials(new SymmetricSecurityKey(key), SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256Signature)
              };
  
  
              var token = tokenHandler.CreateToken(tokenDescriptor);
              var tokenString = tokenHandler.WriteToken(token);
  
              return Ok(new{ token = tokenString });
  
  
          }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please if there is any better way of getting the current logged in user details aside from Claims, i would love to know about it. Thanks in advance</p>
  
  <pre><code>[HttpGet("/api/profile")]
  public IActionResult Index()
  {
      var claimIdentity = this.User.Identity as ClaimsIdentity;
      IEnumerable&lt;Claim&gt; claims = claimIdentity.Claims;
  
      var model = new IndexViewModel
      {
          Id = claimIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.Name).Value,
          Email = claimIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.Email).Value,
          FirstName = claimIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.GivenName).Value,
          LastName = claimIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.UserData).Value,
          Address = claimIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.StreetAddress).Value,
          DateOfBirth = claimIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.DateOfBirth).Value,
          FileName = claimIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.Rsa)?.Value,
      };
  
      return Ok(model);
  }
  </code></pre>