In this blog, I am going to provide a walkthrough on developing REST APIs using ASP.NET Core 3.1, connecting with existing databases using Entity Framework, creating a JWT token, and securing APIs. I am going to develop a sample application for an inventory REST service with basic operations. What is a REST API? Due to […]
A distributed cache is a cache shared by multiple app servers, typically maintained as an external service to the app servers that access it. A distributed cache can improve the performance and scalability of an ASP.NET Core app, especially when the app is hosted by a cloud service or a server farm. This article will […]
The term cookie refers to a piece of data that is saved on the computer of a user and is generally used to record information about the user. Most browsers store each cookie as a small file, but Firefox stores them all in a single file. Cookies are made up of two parts: a key […]
Introduction When we are building our application, although we hope that our application will run without any errors until the end of time. This is not really the case exceptions happens in applications and we need to handle them. Exception Handling is a foundation that we need to consider while we are designing and building […]
One thing that comes to mind when using access tokens to secure a web api is what do you do when the token expires? Do you ask the user for credentials again? That’s not really a good option. This blog post is about using refresh tokens to solve this problem. Specifically in ASP.NET Core Web […]
In this article, I am going to discuss How to Build ASP.NET Core Web API Project from Scratch i.e. how to convert a console application to a Web API Application. So, what we will do here in this article, we will create an ASP.NET Core Console Application, and then we will convert that console application into ASP.NET […]
In this article, I will explain how to create the JWT token and how to Authenticate and Authorize it in very simple steps. 1. Add ASP.Net Core API Application Open visual studio 2022 click on create new project –> Select ASP.Net Core Web API –> Next Give desired project and solution name –> Next –> select framework […]
In ASP.NET core, Middleware and Filters are two concepts which are very useful & powerful but often confuses also on which one to choose. Middleware and Filters serves similar purpose and both can be used to achieve the common tasks like exception handling, localizations, authentications etc… but both has certain difference in a way it […]
Did you know that we can host ASP.NET service on Windows with Windows Service without using IIS? The benefit of hosting on Windows Service is that the application will automatically restart after the server reboot. This functionality is implemented using a Worker Service Template that becomes the initial point for writing and building long-running service […]
ASP.NET Core Identity is an API that supports login functionality in ASP.NET Core MVC web application. Login information can be stored in identity when creating a new user account. Identity can be configured with SQL Server database to store user details such as username, password and email id. So in this article I will explain […]
