With Thinktecture.IdentityModel V.Next out, Hawk authentication implementation in Thinktecture IdentityModel gets its own NuGet package. It is currently in pre-release and here is the NuGet Gallery link. The OWIN middleware code that has been a part of the samples is now moved into Thinktecture.IdentityModel and is a part of this NuGet package.

Let’s now see how we can create a simple web API (ValuesController, of course) and OWIN-host it with hawk authentication plugged in using the OWIN middleware that is part of this NuGet package.