This repository contains two projects:

• An ASP.NET Core MVC application integrated with Auth0 authentication in the catalog folder.
• An ASP.NET Core Web API protected with Auth0 in the redemption-api folder.

Check out the article Call Protected APIs in ASP.NET Core for the implementation details.

Requirements

• .NET 6 SDK installed on your machine
• Visual Studio 2022 (optional)

To run this application

1. Clone the repo with the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/auth0-blog/call-protected-api-aspnet-core.git

2. Move to the redemption-api folder.

3. Add your Auth0 domain and API identifier to the appsettings.json configuration file (see Configure the API for more details). Take note of the API identifier.

4. Type dotnet run in a terminal window to launch the API.

5. Move to the catalog folder.

6. Add your Auth0 domain, client id, and client secret to the appsettings.json configuration file (see Configure the catalog application for more details). Also, Assign the API identifier value to the Audience key.

7. Type dotnet run in a new terminal window to launch the application.

8. Point your browser to the https://localhost:7095 address. You should see a web page like the following: