Category ASP.NET Core
Securing Angular applications using the OpenID Connect Code Flow with PKCE
In this post, I show how an Angular application could be secured using the OpenID Connect Code Flow with Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE). The Angular application uses the OIDC lib angular-auth-oidc-client. In this example, the src code is used directly, but you could also use the npm package. Here’s an example which uses […]
Deploying ASP.NET Core App Services using Azure Key Vault and Azure Resource Manager templates
This article shows how to create an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template which uses an Azure Key Vault. The ARM template is used to deploy an ASP.NET Core application as an Azure App Service. By using an Azure Resource Group project, the secret app settings can be fetched from the Azure Key Vault during deployment, […]
Using Azure Key Vault with ASP.NET Core and Azure App Services
This article shows how to use an Azure Key Vault with an ASP.NET Core application deployed as an Azure App Service. The Azure App Service can use the system assigned identity to access the Key Vault. This needs to be configured in the Key Vault access policies using the service principal. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreBackChannelLogout Posts in […]
OpenID Connect back-channel logout using Azure Redis Cache and IdentityServer4
This article shows how to implement an OpenID Connect back-channel logout, which uses Azure Redis cache so that the session logout will work with multi instance deployments. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreBackChannelLogout Posts in this series: OpenID Connect back-channel logout using Azure Redis Cache and IdentityServer4 Using Azure Key Vault with ASP.NET Core and Azure App Services Deploying […]
ASP.NET Core MVC Ajax Form requests using jquery-unobtrusive
This article shows how to send Ajax requests in an ASP.NET Core MVC application using jquery-unobtrusive. This can be tricky to setup, for example when using a list of data items with forms using the onchange Javascript event, or the oninput event. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreBootstrap4Validation History 2020-08-31 Updated to use latest packages. Setting up the Project […]
Implementing User Management with ASP.NET Core Identity and custom claims
The article shows how to implement user management for an ASP.NET Core application using ASP.NET Core Identity. The application uses custom claims, which need to be added to the user identity after a successful login, and then an ASP.NET Core policy is used to authorize the identity. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreAngularSignalRSecurity History 2023-01-07 Updated .NET 7, Angular […]
Using an OData Client with an ASP.NET Core API
The article shows how to implement an OData client from an ASP.NET Core application. Bearer token authorization is used to secure the API. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreOData This blog is part 2 from this blog: Part 1: OData with ASP.NET Core History 2020-11-22 Updated .NET 5 2020-07-06 Updated .NET Core 3.1, IdentityServer4 4.0.2 Setting up the applications […]
OData with ASP.NET Core
This article explores how to setup an OData API with ASP.NET Core. The application uses Entity Framework Core with a database first approach using the adventureworks 2016 Microsoft SQL Database. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreOData Part 2: Using an OData Client with an ASP.NET Core API Using an OData Client with an ASP.NET Core API History 2020-11-22 Updated .NET […]
Creating a PDF in ASP.NET Core using MigraDoc PDFSharp
This article shows how to use MigraDoc in ASP.NET Core to create PDF documents. In the last blog post, Creating a PDF in ASP.NET Core, PDFSharp was used to create the PDF. MigraDoc is used on top on this, which makes it easy to create tables and other document layouts. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCorePdf Setting up the […]
Creating PDF files in ASP.NET Core
This article shows how to create PDF files in ASP.NET Core. I decided I wanted to use PDFSharp, because I like this library, but no NuGet packages exist for .NET Standard 2.0. YetaWF created a port for this, which was used 1:1 in this example, without changes. It would be great to see PDFSharp as […]
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