From ef7c9c2b9797f0e671dbade3aaa9371fe159cdc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TekH <h.tek@digitaldata.works>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 13:39:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add IAuthController interface and policy check extension

Introduced IAuthController with AuthService and User properties to standardize authentication handling. Added AuthorizationControllerExtensions with IsUserInPolicyAsync to simplify policy-based authorization checks. Included necessary using directives.
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 .../Controllers/Interfaces/IAuthController.cs | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 EnvelopeGenerator.API/Controllers/Interfaces/IAuthController.cs

diff --git a/EnvelopeGenerator.API/Controllers/Interfaces/IAuthController.cs b/EnvelopeGenerator.API/Controllers/Interfaces/IAuthController.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf31d972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/EnvelopeGenerator.API/Controllers/Interfaces/IAuthController.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using System.Security.Claims;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
+
+namespace EnvelopeGenerator.API.Controllers.Interfaces;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// 
+/// </summary>
+public interface IAuthController
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 
+    /// </summary>
+    IAuthorizationService AuthService { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 
+    /// </summary>
+    ClaimsPrincipal User { get; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// 
+/// </summary>
+public static class AuthControllerExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="controller"></param>
+    /// <param name="policyName"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    public static async Task<bool> IsUserInPolicyAsync(this IAuthController controller, string policyName)
+    {
+        var result = await controller.AuthService.AuthorizeAsync(controller.User, policyName);
+        return result.Succeeded;
+    }
+}
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