Microsoft.Owin.Security.ApiKey

Lets an OWIN-enabled application use API keys for authentication.

Getting started

Grab the package from NuGet, which will install all dependencies.

Install-Package Microsoft.Owin.Security.ApiKey

Usage

Extension methods for IAppBuilder will enable the middleware. Your custom delegates can be passed to ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider; at a minimum, you must implement OnValidateIdentity to validate the incoming API keys. OnGenerateClaims is optional; the middleware will always construct an identity with a claim denoting the authentication type, but you have the option of fleshing out the identity with further custom claims if you wish.

public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
    app.UseApiKeyAuthentication(new ApiKeyAuthenticationOptions()
    {
        Provider = new ApiKeyAuthenticationProvider()
        {
            OnValidateIdentity = ValidateIdentity,
            OnGenerateClaims = GenerateClaims
        }
    });
}

private async Task ValidateIdentity(ApiKeyValidateIdentityContext context)
{
    if (context.ApiKey == "123")
    {
        context.Validate();
    }
}

private async Task<IEnumerable<Claim>> GenerateClaims(ApiKeyGenerateClaimsContext context)
{
    return new[] { new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, "Fred") };
}