The Wall - API

This was the API for The Wall before deciding to use AWS Lambdas and DynamoDB instead.

General info

This is a .NET Core REST API that uses JWT authentication. A token is returned on successful login, which can be used to access protected routes.

Table of Contents

• Services
• Middleware
• Controllers

Services

JwtService

• GenerateSecurityToken Returns a JWT Token signed with a private key. The claim used is the username and the encryption algorithm is Sha256.

UserService

• CRUD functions

For mongoDB database, using the MongoDB.Driver library.

• Authenticate

Returns true if username and password exist in the users document.

Middleware

AuthenticationMiddleware

Adds token validation for controllers with the [Authorize] property.

Controllers

sampleTokenController

Mock controller to test the JWT service

• GET - api/sampleToken

Returns a new JWT token with "fakeUsername" as username claim.

UsersController

• POST - users/authenticate

Calls the Authenticate function of the User Service. Returns user credentials and JWT token if successful.

WeatherForecastController

Template controller that comes from project creation. Added the [Authorize] property to test the Authentication Middleware

• GET - /weatherforecast

Returns the sample weather forecast only if the JWT token is valid.