Top "Owin" questions

Open Web Interface for .NET that describes how components in a HTTP pipeline should communicate.

ASP.NET (OWIN) Identity: How to get UserID from a Web API controller?

(Using VS2013 RTW, ASP.NET MVC5) I've seen lots of documentation on how to add properties to the ApplicationUser class (…

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asp.net-mvc asp.net-web-api visual-studio-2013 owin asp.net-identity
When should I use OWIN Katana?

I am new to OWIN and Katana. I really don't get why I should use OWIN, while I can use …

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Can't get UserManager from OwinContext in apicontroller

I'm following a Microsoft sample to implement email validation with Identity 2.0.0 I'm stuck at this part public ApplicationUserManager UserManager { get { …

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c# asp.net-web-api asp.net-identity owin
Do I need a Global.asax.cs file at all if I'm using an OWIN Startup.cs class and move all configuration there?

Let's say for example in a brand new ASP.NET MVC 5 application made from the MVC with Individual Accounts template, …

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c# asp.net asp.net-mvc asp.net-mvc-5 owin
How to explain Katana and OWIN in simple words and uses?

I have read many articles about the OWIN and Katana projects, but I could not get the whole picture of …

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I get "Authorization has been denied for this request." error message when using OWIN oAuth middleware (with separate Auth and Resource Server)

I am attempting to decouple my auth and resource server. I am following the example provided in this tutorial: http://…

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asp.net asp.net-web-api oauth oauth-2.0 owin
The type or namespace IAppBuilder could not be found(missing using a directive pr an assembly reference)

I am working on an Asp.Net MVC 4 Application in which I am using SignalR 2.0.1 and I Mapped it using …

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c# asp.net-mvc-4 signalr owin
'Owin.IAppBuilder' does not contain a definition for 'MapSignalR'

Error 'Owin.IAppBuilder' does not contain a definition for 'MapSignalR' and no extension method 'MapSignalR' accepting a first argument of …

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c# asp.net signalr owin
What is the new Startup.cs file for in Visual Studio 2013 projects?

I have just installed Visual Studio 2013, created an MVC Web Application project and noticed a new file in the project …

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How to use DI container when OwinStartup

It's a Web API 2 project. When I implement DI using Ninject, I got an error message An error occurred when …

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