This article shows how to use Protobuf with an ASP.NET Core MVC application. The API uses the WebApiContrib.Core.Formatter.Protobuf Nuget package to add support for Protobuf. This package uses the protobuf-net Nuget package from Marc Gravell, which makes it really easy to use a really fast serializer, deserializer for your APIs. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreWebApiContribProtobufSample History 2019-09-23 Updated […]
This article shows how an Angular client could implement a login for a SPA application using Google Identity Platform OpenID. The Angular application uses the npm package angular-auth-oidc-client to implement the OpenID Connect Implicit Flow to connect with the google identity platform. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/angular-auth-oidc-sample-google-openid History 2020-05-03 Updated to OIDC lib version 11.0.0, Angular 9.1.4, ASP.NET […]
I have been blogging and writing code for Angular and OpenID Connect since Nov 1, 2015. Now after all this time, I have decided to create my first npm package for Angular: angular-auth-oidc-client, which makes it easier to use the Angular Auth OpenID client. This is now available on npm. npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/angular-auth-oidc-client github code: […]
The article shows how the OpenID Connect Session Management can be implemented in an Angular application. The OpenID Connect Session Management 1.0 provides a way of monitoring the user session on the server using iframes. IdentityServer4 implements the server side of the specification. This does not monitor the lifecycle of the tokens used in the […]
This article shows how to implement a silent token renew in Angular using IdentityServer4 as the security token service server. The SPA Angular client implements the OpenID Connect Implicit Flow ‘id_token token’. When the id_token expires, the client requests new tokens from the server, so that the user does not need to authorise again. Code: […]
This article shows how API requests from an Angular SPA inside an ASP.NET Core MVC application can be protected against XSRF by adding an anti-forgery cookie. This is required, if using Angular, when using cookies to persist the auth token. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreMvcAngular Blogs in this Series Using Angular in an ASP.NET Core View with Webpack […]
This article shows how Angular can be run inside an ASP.NET Core MVC view using Webpack to build the Angular application. By using Webpack, the Angular application can be built using the AOT and Angular lazy loading features and also profit from the advantages of using a server side rendered view. If you prefer to […]
This article shows how a custom user store or repository can be used in IdentityServer4. This can be used for an existing user management system which doesn’t use Identity or request user data from a custom source. The Resource Owner Flow using refresh tokens is used to access the protected data on the resource server. […]
This article shows how to implement the OpenID Connect Code Flow with PKCE using OpenIddict hosted in an ASP.NET Core application, an ASP.NET Core Web API and an Angular application as the client. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreOpeniddict 2021-12-24 Updated to ASP.NET Core 6, Angular 13 2020-12-26 Updated to ASP.NET Core 5, Angular 11, OpenIddict 3 2017-05-27 Updated […]
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