# User authentications and application controller
**URL:** https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/user-authentications-and-application-controller/9194
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 26, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/user-authentications-and-application-controller/9194 "2015-11-26T14:13:14Z")
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### Author:  [@carlitoxti](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/carlitoxti)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/user-authentications-and-application-controller/9194/1 "2015-11-26T14:13:14Z")
Hello, i need to call a method who is define in my application controller since a route, post/comment/new route because i like to deny access this route for users are not authenticated.
```
import Ember from 'ember';
import App from '../app';
export default Ember.Controller.extend({
authManager: App.AuthManager,
currentUser: function() {
return App.AuthManager.get('apiKey.user');
}.property('authManager.apiKey'),
isAuthenticated: function() {
return App.AuthManager.isAuthenticated();
}.property('authManager.apiKey'),
});
```
in my applycation.hbs, i have: {{#if isAuthenticated}} and it respond NO, BUT if a call this method in my post/comment/new.hbs it respon yes, i think it because in the if this method is not declared, so how i do that? thanks
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### Author:  [@workmanw](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/workmanw)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/user-authentications-and-application-controller/9194/2 "2015-11-27T15:54:47Z")
I assume the code you provided is your application controller? And the `App.AuthManager` is some other object/controller you’re using to store the global state for the user. If I am wrong about either of those two assumptions, please let me know.
I think the first thing you should do is make your `App.AuthManager` a service. It sounds like functionally it’s probably already close to that. Here is a good reference on doing that: [Services - Application Concerns - Ember Guides](http://guides.emberjs.com/v2.2.0/applications/services/)
Once you’ve done that, your application controller should look something like this:
```
import Ember from 'ember';
export default Ember.Controller.extend({
authManager: Ember.inject.service(),
currentUser: Ember.computed.reads('authManager.apiKey.user'),
isAuthenticated: Ember.computed.reads('authManager.isAuthenticated')
});
```
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Edit: I wanted to point out that you can also use `authManager: Ember.inject.service()` on Components and Routes to access it.