Monthly Archives: June 2018

Making the IdentityModel Client Libraries HttpClientFactory friendly

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Dominick Baier

IdentityModel has a number of protocol client libraries, e.g. for requesting, refreshing, revoking and introspecting OAuth 2 tokens as well as a client and cache for the OpenID Connect discovery endpoint. While they work fine, the style around libraries that … Continue reading →

Posted in ASP.NET Core, IdentityModel, Uncategorized, WebAPI | 6 Comments

Mixing UI and API Endpoints in ASP.NET Core 2.1 (aka Dynamic Scheme Selection)

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Dominick Baier

Some people like to co-locate UI and API endpoints in the same application. I generally prefer to keep them separate, but I acknowledge that certain architecture styles make this conscious decision. Server-side UIs typically use cookies for authentication (or a … Continue reading →

Posted in ASP.NET Core, OpenID Connect, Uncategorized, WebAPI | 14 Comments

Improvements in Claim Mapping in the ASP.NET Core 2.1 OpenID Connect Handler

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Dominick Baier

Here I described the various layers of claim mappings going on when doing OpenID Connect with ASP.NET Core. Based on our feedback, the ASP.NET team added another mapping option to reduce the amount of “magic” going on, and thus makes … Continue reading →

Posted in ASP.NET Core, OpenID Connect, Uncategorized | 2 Comments