How to add asp.net identity to existing web api project?

Question

I have 2 projects in my solution. First one is simple mvc project and the other one is web api. There was no pre-written code in web api. I put all logics myself. Now I want to add asp.net identity in the web api project. How can I do that? Thanks.

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I've had this link for a while in case i encounter that problem. Not sure if is what you looking for but could give you a hint. asp.net/identity/overview/migrations/… – Incrust

Have a look at this answer: Adding ASP.NET MVC5 Identity Authentication to an existing project – Misdoing

Did you already have any kind of authentication before? – Arvad

Could you please accept my answer if that solves your problem? Please please please :D – Inwardly

Answer 1

In your web api project, you can do this: 1. Create a DbContext class that looks like this:

public class DataContext : IdentityDbContext<IdentityUser>
{
    public DataContext() : base("ConnectionStringLocal") { }
}

2. Add a connection string in your Web.config file

3. In Package manager console, do Enable-Migrations, Add-Migration IdentityUpdate, Update-Database. This will create a database that has asp.net identity built in.

Please let me know if you have additional questions.

Inwardly

Thanks for this, I was searching the web why the add-migration command didn't generate any of the built-in aspnet identity tables. I forgot to inherit from IdentityDbContext! – Parous