Is the SharePoint provider hosted app context token null?

Is the SharePoint provider hosted app context token null?

The SharePoint app was originally an autohosted app, which has been ported to a provider hosted app. SharePointContext has been altered considerably since then; it would be a rather cumbersome task to rewrite the original app. Is there no way to obtain the SPAppToken in the “new” SharePointContext helper?

How to check the sharepointcontextprovider’s query parameters?

This is for example done in the SharePointContextFilter with the SharePointContextProvider.CheckRedirectStatus call. The SharePointContext class requires certain parameters to be passed as query parameter or as form data. SharePointContext will store these values in cookies for further calls.

When to use sharepointcontext in a web form?

If you initialize SharePointContext in the first web form, where all required information is available, you should be able to use SharePointContext on further pages, even if not all information is passed in the url. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow! Please be sure to answer the question.

How to initialize SharePoint context on the first request?

Make sure that on the first request the SharePoint context is initialized correctly. This is for example done in the SharePointContextFilter with the SharePointContextProvider.CheckRedirectStatus call. The SharePointContext class requires certain parameters to be passed as query parameter or as form data.

Is there an azure SharePoint provider hosted app?

I have a working SharePoint provider hosted app, with an MVC web application residing on an Azure Web site. Entering the full screen app page, everything looks as expected.

What happens if there is no context token?

Adding a client web part or manually adding an iframe via a Script Editor web part, pointing at the exact same web application, results in no context token returned from the TokenHelper. I have the following method in an MVC controller: