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Retrieving, using and validating token from an IdentityServer

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This is an example of how to a client application retrieves a token from a Identity Server and use it in an WebApi to consumes an endpoint.

How this project was created

This example was built based on Duende documentation

Identity Server

Identity provider for our sample.

Install Duende templates 

dotnet new --install Duende.IdentityServer.Templates
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Create an empty solution 

dotnet new sln -n IdentityServerDemo
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Create Identity server project 

dotnet new isempty -n IdentityServer
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Add IdendityServer projet to the blank solution 

dotnet sln add .\IdentityServer\IdentityServer.csproj
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Add scope to config.cs 

public static IEnumerable<ApiScope> ApiScopes =>
    new ApiScope[]
        { new ApiScope(name: "campelo-api", displayName: "CampeloAPI") };
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Add client to config.cs 

public static IEnumerable<Client> Clients =>
    new Client[]
        { new Client
        {
            ClientId = "client",
            // no interactive user, use the clientid/secret for authentication
            AllowedGrantTypes = GrantTypes.ClientCredentials,
            // secret for authentication
            ClientSecrets =
            {
                new Secret("secret".Sha256())
            },
            // scopes that client has access to
            AllowedScopes = { "campelo-api" }
        } };
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Openid-configuration

Now you can access openid-configuration from the identity server. Run the solution and go to https://localhost:5001/.well-known/openid-configuration. So you can retrieve something like this.

{
   "issuer":"https://localhost:5001",
   "jwks_uri":"https://localhost:5001/.well-known/openid-configuration/jwks",
   "authorization_endpoint":"https://localhost:5001/connect/authorize",
   "token_endpoint":"https://localhost:5001/connect/token",
   "userinfo_endpoint":"https://localhost:5001/connect/userinfo",
   "end_session_endpoint":"https://localhost:5001/connect/endsession",
   "check_session_iframe":"https://localhost:5001/connect/checksession",
   "revocation_endpoint":"https://localhost:5001/connect/revocation",
   "introspection_endpoint":"https://localhost:5001/connect/introspect",
   "device_authorization_endpoint":"https://localhost:5001/connect/deviceauthorization",
   "backchannel_authentication_endpoint":"https://localhost:5001/connect/ciba",
   "frontchannel_logout_supported":true,
   "frontchannel_logout_session_supported":true,
   "backchannel_logout_supported":true,
   "backchannel_logout_session_supported":true,
   "scopes_supported":[
      "openid",
      "campelo-api",
      "offline_access"
   ],
   "claims_supported":[
      "sub"
   ],
   "grant_types_supported":[
      "authorization_code",
      "client_credentials",
      "refresh_token",
      "implicit",
      "urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code",
      "urn:openid:params:grant-type:ciba"
   ],
   "response_types_supported":[
      "code",
      "token",
      "id_token",
      "id_token token",
      "code id_token",
      "code token",
      "code id_token token"
   ],
   "response_modes_supported":[
      "form_post",
      "query",
      "fragment"
   ],
   "token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported":[
      "client_secret_basic",
      "client_secret_post"
   ],
   "id_token_signing_alg_values_supported":[
      "RS256"
   ],
   "subject_types_supported":[
      "public"
   ],
   "code_challenge_methods_supported":[
      "plain",
      "S256"
   ],
   "request_parameter_supported":true,
   "request_object_signing_alg_values_supported":[
      "RS256",
      "RS384",
      "RS512",
      "PS256",
      "PS384",
      "PS512",
      "ES256",
      "ES384",
      "ES512",
      "HS256",
      "HS384",
      "HS512"
   ],
   "authorization_response_iss_parameter_supported":true,
   "backchannel_token_delivery_modes_supported":[
      "poll"
   ],
   "backchannel_user_code_parameter_supported":true
}
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API project

Web API project.

Create a new web API project 

dotnet new webapi -n WebApi
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Adding webapi to the solution 

dotnet sln add .\WebApi\WebApi.csproj
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Adding JWT Bearer authentication 

dotnet add .\WebApi\WebApi.csproj package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer
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Set JWT Bearer as the default authentication scheme

Update the Program.cs or Startup.cs file.

builder.Services.AddAuthentication("Bearer")
    .AddJwtBearer("Bearer", options =>
    {
        options.Authority = "https://localhost:5001";

        options.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
        {
            ValidateAudience = false
        };
    });

/// UseAuthentication right before UseAuthorization
app.UseAuthentication();
app.UseAuthorization();
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Add a new controller for testing 

[Route("identity")]
[Authorize]
public class IdentityController : ControllerBase
{
    [HttpGet]
    public IActionResult Get()
    {
        return new JsonResult(from c in User.Claims select new { c.Type, c.Value });
    }
}
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Configure the WebAPI to listen on Port 6001

Edit the launchSettings.json file in Properties folder.

"applicationUrl": "https://localhost:6001"
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Run the WebAPI project

Now you have a 401 (unauthorized) error response when trying to access https://localhost:6001/identity

Client project

Create a console client project 

dotnet new console -n Client
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Add the client project to the solution 

dotnet sln add .\Client\Client.csproj
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Add IdentityModel to the client project 

dotnet add .\Client\Client.csproj package IdentityModel
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Discover endpoints from metadata 

var client = new HttpClient();
var disco = await client.GetDiscoveryDocumentAsync("https://localhost:5001");
if (disco.IsError)
{
    Console.WriteLine(disco.Error);
    return;
}
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Request token 

var tokenResponse = await client.RequestClientCredentialsTokenAsync(new ClientCredentialsTokenRequest
{
    Address = disco.TokenEndpoint,

    ClientId = "client",
    ClientSecret = "secret",
    Scope = "campelo-api"
});

if (tokenResponse.IsError)
{
    Console.WriteLine(tokenResponse.Error);
    return;
}

Console.WriteLine(tokenResponse.AccessToken);
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Call WebAPI 

var apiClient = new HttpClient();
apiClient.SetBearerToken(tokenResponse.AccessToken);

var response = await apiClient.GetAsync("https://localhost:6001/identity");
if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    Console.WriteLine(response.StatusCode);
}
else
{
    var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()).RootElement;
    Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(doc, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true }));
}
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Run client

Be sure that the IdentityServer and WebAPI are running and run the Client project to see something like this
Image 1

Source code

Source code

Typos or suggestions?

If you've found a typo, a sentence that could be improved or anything else that should be updated on this blog post, you can access it through a git repository and make a pull request. If you feel comfortable with github, instead of posting a comment, please go directly to https://github.com/campelo/documentation and open a new pull request with your changes.

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