Tag Archives: Azure
Integration Testing for ASP.NET Core using EF Core Cosmos with XUnit and Azure DevOps
This article shows how integration tests could be implemented for an ASP.NET Core application which uses EF Core and Azure Cosmos. The database tests can be run locally or in an Azure DevOps build using the Azure Cosmos emulator. XUnit is used to implement the tests. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreEfCoreCosmosTesting EF Core is used to the access […]
Adding ASP.NET Core authorization for an Azure Blob Storage and Azure AD users using role assignments
This post shows how authorization can be implemented for Azure Storage Blob containers in an ASP.NET Core web application. The two roles Storage Blob Data Contributor and Storage Blob Data Reader are used to authorize the Azure AD users which use the Blob storage container. Users are assigned the roles using role assignment. This authorization […]
Using multiple APIs in Angular and ASP.NET Core with Microsoft Entra ID authentication
This article shows how an Angular application could be used to access many APIs in a secure way. An API is created specifically for the Angular UI and the further APIs can only be access from the trusted backend which is under our control. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/MicrosoftEntraIDAuthMicrosoftIdentityWeb Posts in this series History Setup The applications are […]
Using Microsoft Graph API delegated clients in ASP.NET Core
This post shows how Microsoft Graph API can be used in both ASP.NET Core UI web applications and also ASP.NET Core APIs for delegated identity flows. The ASP.NET Core applications are secured using Microsoft.Identity.Web. In the API project, the Graph API client is used in a delegated flow with user access tokens getting an access […]
Implement a Web APP and an ASP.NET Core Secure API using Microsoft Entra ID which delegates to a second API
This article shows how an ASP.NET Core Web application can authenticate and access a downstream API using user access tokens and delegate to another API in Microsoft Entra ID also using user access tokens. Microsoft.Identity.Web is used in all three applications to acquire the tokens afor the Web API and the access tokens for the […]
Implement a Blazor full text search using Azure Cognitive Search
This article shows how to implement a full text search in Blazor using Azure Cognitive Search. The search results are returned using paging and the search index can be created, deleted from a Blazor application. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreAzureSearch Posts in this series Implement a full text search using Azure Cognitive Search in ASP.NET Core Using Azure […]
Using Azure Cognitive Search Suggesters in ASP.NET Core and Autocomplete
This post shows how to implement an autocomplete in an ASP.NET Core Razor Page using Azure Cognitive Search Suggesters. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreAzureSearch Posts in this series Implement a full text search using Azure Cognitive Search in ASP.NET Core Using Azure Cognitive Search Suggesters in ASP.NET Core and Autocomplete Implement a Blazor full text search using Azure […]
Implement a full text search using Azure Cognitive Search in ASP.NET Core
This article shows how to implement a full text search in ASP.NET Core using Azure Cognitive Search. The search results are returned using paging and the search index can be created, deleted from an ASP.NET Core Razor Page UI. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreAzureSearch Posts in this series Implement a full text search using Azure Cognitive Search in […]
Implement Microsoft Entra ID Client credentials flow using Client Certificates for service APIs
This post shows how to implement an Microsoft Entra ID client credential flows to access an API for a service-to-service connection. No user is involved in this flow. A client certificate (Private Key JWT authentication) is used to get the access token and the token is used to access the API which is then used […]
Securing Azure Functions using ME-ID JWT Bearer token authentication for user access tokens
This post shows how to implement OAuth security for an Azure Function using user-access JWT Bearer tokens created using Microsoft Entra ID and App registrations. A client web application implemented in ASP.NET Core is used to authenticate and the access token created for the identity is used to access the API implemented using Azure Functions. […]
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