现有的MVC4项目与Winform共享数据

Question

I have an MVC4 internet solution which uses the following setup

• N Tier Application with Repository Design
• Authentication etc all decoupled from UI and on DAL Layer (Accessed via SecurityRepository)
• Uses SimpleAuthentication in background

I have been asked to add a WebAPI project to the solution so I can share the datasource, purely for reading some data out to a Winform application internally.

Is it possible to still decorate the Controllers in the API with [Authorize] and call the SecurityRepository.Login method to authenticate a winform? Winforms don't use cookies so not sure how I would supply a token and manage access via roles. I want it to authenticate in the background and not have a login page, ideally seamless to the end user we have switched the current Winform app datasource to point to this WebAPI.

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Answer 1

You will have to change your Authentication for WebApi. The easiest way is to implement token autentication. There is a simple article on Steves Coding Blog about Basic Authentication with Asp.Net WebAPI