WebApi.BasicAuth

WebApi.BasicAuth provides HTTP Basic Authentication with usernames and passwords stored in Web.config.

NuGet package:

• WebApi.BasicAuth

Usage

• Add config.EnableBasicAuth(); to your WebApiConfig.cs file.
• Add this to your Web.config (inserting your own users):

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="basicAuth" type="WebApi.BasicAuth.BasicAuthSection, WebApi.BasicAuth" />
  </configSections>
  <basicAuth>
    <users>
      <user username="JohnDoe" password="ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad" hashAlgorithm="sha256">
        <roles>
          <role name="Operator"/>
        </roles>
      </user>
      <user username="JaneDoe" password="abc">
        <roles>
          <role name="Operator"/>
        </roles>
      </user>
    </users>
  </basicAuth>
  <!--...-->
</configuration>

Sample project

The source code includes a sample project that uses demonstrates the usage of WebApi.BasicAuth. You can build and run it using Visual Studio 2015. By default the instance will be hosted by IIS Express at http://localhost:20536/.