How to use ThinkTecture IdentityServer 3 in Web Api 2
I have been reading a lot about how to implement a full authentication and authorization system in Asp.Net Web Api 2 which includes registering, sending email confirmations, issuing both access tokens and refresh tokens, etc. I have successfully done all of that after all, however, it looks such an un-necessary over head to have to do it for every single project.
I am still not sure, but I believe the "Thinktecture IdentityServer" is a package that has been put together to provide all of this, am I right?
If yes, can anyone tell me (in a very straight forward way) how can I create a new Web Api project and easily get all the above mentioned features using this package?
Answer
Thinktecture identity server v3 is a collection of highly configurable modules, so there is a fair amount of code to write to set it up how you want it. The Thinktecture wiki has a good 'hello world' example that might be enough to get you going:
After that, download the samples, find the one that most closely matches your situation, and build upon that. In particular, you'll want to set up a database to save your registered users to. The related 'MembershipReboot' project is generally the one you use to do data access, along with the 'MembershipReboot.Ef' addon that will autocreate your database using EntityFramework.
MembershipReboot is where you set up which email events you want to use.