Apr 4, 2024 · In this article, we have explored various approaches for implementing API key authentication in ASP.NET Core and its best practices. We discussed how API key authentication adds a layer of security to our APIs by requiring a valid API key for authorization.

May 6, 2024 · In this article, we’ll dive into how API Key Authentication works and learn about other related concepts in .NET Core. Different Ways to Secure APIs with Keys in ASP.NET Core, We are passing...

Jan 28, 2023 · In this week's newsletter I want to show you how to implement API Key authentication in ASP.NET Core. This authentication approach uses an API Key to authenticate the client of an API. You can pass the API Key to the API in a few ways, such as through the query string or a request header.

API key authentication will keep the secure line between the API and clients. However, if you wish to have user authentication, go with token-based authentication, aka OAuth2.0. In this article, you will learn how to implement the API Key Authentication to secure the ASP.NET Core Web API by creating a middleware.

Feb 4, 2025 · I’ll guide how to implement both JWT and API Key authentication at the same endpoint in ASP.NET Core Web API. Combining these authentication schemes is particularly useful if you...

Dec 8, 2021 · I am attempting to build a super simple API-key authentication for certain APIs in a controller. For this I have this in ConfigureServices(): options.AddPolicy( Auth.Constants.WebmasterPolicyName, policy => policy.RequireAssertion(context => if (context.Resource is HttpContext httpContext)

Feb 21, 2021 · In this tutorial I will explain to you how to use API Key to secure your ASP.NET Core Web API in 2 different ways: Custom Attribute and Custom Middleware.

Oct 7, 2022 · ASP.NET Core does not have built-in support for API key authentication, so in this post, I will demonstrate how to secure an ASP.NET Core Web API using API key authentication. The API key needs to be protected. Tools such as the Secret Manager tool can be used to store sensitive data during development.

Feb 6, 2018 · In this article, we are going to learn that extra part, the process to create an ASP.NET Core WEB API application in which a developer can log into an application and subscribe his own services, then generate API keys, see his own documentation of API how to consume API and finally he will get his own analytics on how many requests he sends in a...

Dec 31, 2024 · To start, you can implement API key authentication using custom middleware in ASP.NET Core. Middleware allows you to inspect, alter, or route requests as they pass through the pipeline.