http-token-authentication – Make Me Engineer

Token based authentication in Web API without any user interface

June 29, 2022 by Tarik

I think there is some confusion about the difference between MVC and Web Api. In short, for MVC you can use a login form and create a session using cookies. For Web Api there is no session. That’s why you want to use the token. You do not need a login form. The Token endpoint … Read more

What is token-based authentication?

May 13, 2022 by Tarik

I think it’s well explained here — quoting just the key sentences of the long article: The general concept behind a token-based authentication system is simple. Allow users to enter their username and password in order to obtain a token which allows them to fetch a specific resource – without using their username and password. … Read more