Implementing Individual user accounts in local database in asp.net core 2.0 web API

[5Series]

Is there a way to create web api .net core 2.0 with individual user accounts stored in app database and can be extended to use google authentication similar to .net web api template.

currently in the core web api template does not have an option for that, and also is it going to add in the future for the .net core 2.0 web api template?

[Eilon]

Hi @5Series , though there isn't a built-in automatic way to do this, you can read the docs at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authentication/social/ to learn how to add external auth (such as Google accounts) to an application.

[Tratcher]

As for the API aspect, you'll want a token server that can exchange your user cookie for a Bearer token. ASP.NET Core doesn't have one but there are a few 3rd party ones.

[omotayo89]

@Tratcher please point me to any third party

[Tratcher]

https://identityserver4.readthedocs.io/en/release/#access-control-for-apis is one example.

[douglasg14b]

The answers here are a bit confusing. Asp.net Core WebAPI cannot have local identity management? That seems... absurd.