You already know how role-based authorization works in ASP.NET Core but what if you don't want hardcode roles in authorization attribute or create roles later and specify in which controller and action it has access without touching source code? 

[Route("api/[controller]")] // http://localhost:7742/api/test
public class TestController : Controller
{
    private readonly ILogger<TestController> _logger;
 
    public TestController(ILogger<TestController> logger)
    {
        _logger = logger;
    }

[Route("api/[controller]")] // http://localhost:7742/api/test
public class TestController : Controller
{
    private readonly ILogger<TestController> _logger;
 
    public TestController(ILogger<TestController> logger)
    {
        _logger = logger;
    }
 
    [HttpGet]
    public IEnumerable<string> Get() // http://localhost:7742/api/test
    {
        return new [] { "value1", "value2" };
    }
 
    [HttpGet("{page:int}")]
    public IActionResult Get(int page) // http://localhost:7742/api/test/1
    {
        return Json(new[] { "value3", "value4" });
    }
 
    [HttpGet("/api/path1")]
    public IActionResult GetEpisodes1() // http://localhost:7742/api/path1
    {
        return Json(new[] { "value5", "value6" });
    }
 
    [HttpGet("/api/path2")]
    public IActionResult GetEpisodes2() // http://localhost:7742/api/path2
    {
        try
        {
            // get data from the DB ...
            return Ok(new[] { "value7", "value8" });
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            _logger.LogError("Failed to get data from the API", ex);
            return BadRequest();
        }
    } 
}

    [Route("api/[controller]")]
    public class ValuesController : Controller
    {
        // GET: api/values
        [HttpGet]
        public IEnumerable<string> Get()
        {
            return new string[] { "value1", "value2" };
        }
// GET api/values/5
        [HttpGet("{id}")]
        public string Get(int id)
        {
            return "value";
        }
// POST api/values
        [HttpPost]
        public void Post([FromBody]string value)
        {
        }
// PUT api/values/5
        [HttpPut("{id}")]
        public void Put(int id, [FromBody]string value)
        {
        }
// DELETE api/values/5
        [HttpDelete("{id}")]
        public void Delete(int id)
        {
        }
    }
}

 [Produces("application/json")]
[Route("api/[controller]")] // http://localhost:7742/api/test
public class TestController : Controller

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Models
{
    public class Person
    {
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public int Age { get; set; }
    }
}

using Core1RtmEmptyTest.Models;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
    public class PersonController : Controller
    {
        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }
 
        [HttpPost]
        public IActionResult Index(Person person)
        {
            return Json(person);
        }
    }
}

@section scripts
{
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            $.ajax({
                type: 'POST',
                url: '/Person/Index',
                dataType: 'json',
                contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
                data: JSON.stringify({
                    FirstName: 'F1',
                    LastName: 'L1',
                    Age: 23
                }),
                success: function (result) {
                    console.log('Data received: ');
                    console.log(result);
                }
            });
        });
    </script>
}

 public IActionResult Index([FromBody]Person person)

  var dataType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8';
 var data = $('form').serialize();

 [HttpPost]
public IActionResult Index([FromForm]Person person)

public class ProductModel
{
    public ProductModel(IProductService prodService)
    {
        Value = prodService.Get(productId);
    }
    public IProduct Value { get; private set; }
}

 public async Task<IActionResult> GetProduct([FromServices]ProductModel product)
{
}

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddMvc(options =>
    {
        options.FormatterMappings.SetMediaTypeMappingForFormat("xml", new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/xml")); 
 
    }).AddJsonOptions(options =>
    {
        options.SerializerSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();
        options.SerializerSettings.DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Include;
        options.SerializerSettings.NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore;
    });

Endpoint xyz contains authorization metadata, but a middleware was not found that supports authorization.
Configure your application startup by adding app.UseAuthorization() inside the call to Configure(..) in the application startup code.

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    ...

    app.UseRouting();

    app.UseAuthentication();
    app.UseAuthorization();

    app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
    {
        endpoints.MapDefaultControllerRoute();
    });
}

public class HomeController : ControllerBase
{
    [Authorize]
    public IActionResult BuyWidgets()
    {
        ...
    }
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    ...

    app.UseRouting();

    app.UseAuthentication();
    app.UseAuthorization();

    app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
    {
        endpoints.MapDefaultControllerRoute().RequireAuthorization();
    });
}

[AllowAnonymous]
public class HomeController : ControllerBase
{
    ...
}

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    ...
    
    services.AddAuthorization(options =>
    {
        options.DefaultPolicy = new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder()
          .RequireAuthenticatedUser()
          .RequireScope("MyScope")
          .Build();
    });
}

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddAuthorization(options =>
    {
        options.FallbackPolicy = new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder()
          .RequireAuthenticatedUser()
          .RequireScope("MyScope")
          .Build();
    });
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    app.UseRouting();

    app.UseAuthentication();
    app.UseAuthorization();

    app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
    {
        endpoints.MapDefaultControllerRoute();
    });
}

[AllowAnonymous]
public class HomeController : ControllerBase
{
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    ...

    app.UseRouting();

    app.UseAuthentication();
    app.UseAuthorization();

    app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
    {
        endpoints
            .MapHealthChecks("/healthz")
            .RequireAuthorization(new AuthorizeAttribute(){ Roles = "admin", });
    });
}

Full ASP.NET Core 2.2 application with DDD, CQRS and Event Sourcing  

Technologies implemented:

• ASP.NET Core 2.2 (with .NET Core 2.2)
• ASP.NET MVC Core
• ASP.NET WebApi Core
• ASP.NET Identity Core
• Entity Framework Core 2.2
• .NET Core Native DI
• AutoMapper
• FluentValidator
• MediatR
• Swagger UI 

Architecture:

• Full architecture with responsibility separation concerns, SOLID and Clean Code
• Domain Driven Design (Layers and Domain Model Pattern)
• Domain Events
• Domain Notification
• CQRS (Imediate Consistency)
• Event Sourcing
• Unit of Work
• Repository and Generic Repository 

dotnet new console

 dotnet add package Inferno

 log  : Installing Inferno 1.4.0.
warn : Package 'Inferno 1.4.0' was restored using '.NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1' instead of the project target framework '.NETCoreApp,Version=v2.0'. This package may not be fully compatible with your project.
info : Package 'Inferno' is compatible with all the specified frameworks in project 'D:\UseNET452InNetCore2\UseNET452InNetCore2.csproj'.
info : PackageReference for package 'Inferno' version '1.4.0' added to file 'D:\UseNET452InNetCore2\UseNET452InNetCore2.csproj'.

using System;
using SecurityDriven.Inferno;

namespace UseNET452InNetCore2
{
    class Program
    {
        static CryptoRandom random = new CryptoRandom();
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"rnd: {random.NextLong()}");
        }
    }
}

 >dotnet run
warning NU1701:  This package may not be fully compatible with your project.
rnd: 8167886599578111106

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