Background Using JWT bearer token authentication for your ASP.NET Core API projects is pretty standard stuff these days, and I've done it many times - mostly with tokens from Duende IdentityServer. When I tried to update the code and configuration to use Auth0 though, I kept getting a 401 response after authenticating …

This article continues the process started in [part 1(https://knowyourtoolset.com/2015/08/secure-web-apis-with-swagger-swashbuckle-and-oauth2-part-1/)] which concluded with us having an API that has both anonymous and secure methods that can be called, and a Swagger interface provided by Swashbuckle. For this post, I …

This article continues the process started in part 1 which concluded with us having an API that has both anonymous and secure methods that can be called, and a Swagger interface provided by Swashbuckle. What remains now is the real meat of what I was trying to accomplish: Making sure we can use the Swagger interface …

I wanted to go down the path of creating a shiny new custom enterprise-grade API framework that includes the following features: Easy to navigate documentation and testability via a Swagger interface that can be tested/tried right on the site hosting the API Authenticated access for customers and clients using an …