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Is it possible to do user impersonation outside of a scheduled job?
The error message rather indicate that episerver haven't been properly initialized.
My first question is: do you get same error if you do this?
ServiceLocator.Current.GetInstance<IContentLoader>();
Feb 13, 2018 13:29
Then episerver haven't been initialized properly.
What context do you have? Are you trying this in the CMS site, the commerce site or in an application?
Feb 13, 2018 16:35
In CMS, in the ProcessRequest method of a handler (implementing IRouteHandler and IHttpHandler) mapped like this:
RouteTable.Routes.Add(new Route ( "my/path", new MyHandler() ));
Feb 13, 2018 16:40
HttpHandlers are indeed a very special case as much of the episerver context isn't setup that early.
I'm afraid i can't help you further, i generally avoid placing code in http handlers. 
Feb 13, 2018 16:45
Hey Deane
This thread might be of some help: https://world.episerver.com/forum/developer-forum/-Episerver-75-CMS/Thread-Container/2017/9/scheduled-job-elevated-permissions-not-working/
David
Feb 13, 2018 16:46
This topic was created over six months ago and has been resolved. If you have a similar question, please create a new topic and refer to this one.
I've used this line of code for years to impersonate a specific user inside of a scheduled job:
However, this doesn't seem to work outside of a scheduled job. When I attempt it, I get this:
I'm attempting to implement a token auth scheme, where an anonymous request bearing a token can impersonate a specific user. Do I need to manually add the IUserImpersonation service to StructureMap?