"securitySchemes":
{ "basicAuth":
       {
             "type":"http",
             "description":"Input your username and password to access this API",
             "scheme":"basic"
       }
}
…
"security":[
  {"basicAuth":[]}
]

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Security.Claims;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web.Authentication
{
    public class BasicAuthenticationHandler : AuthenticationHandler<AuthenticationSchemeOptions>
    {
        public BasicAuthenticationHandler(
            IOptionsMonitor<AuthenticationSchemeOptions> options,
            ILoggerFactory logger,
            UrlEncoder encoder,
            ISystemClock clock)
            : base(options, logger, encoder, clock)
        {
        }

        protected override Task<AuthenticateResult> HandleAuthenticateAsync()
        {
            if (!Request.Headers.ContainsKey("Authorization"))
            {
                return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail("Missing Authorization header"));
            }

            try
            {
                var authenticationHeader = AuthenticationHeaderValue.Parse(Request.Headers["Authorization"]);
                var credentialBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(authenticationHeader.Parameter);
                var credentials = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(credentialBytes).Split(':');
                var username = credentials[0];
                var password = credentials[1];

                if (username == "DNT" && password == "123")
                {
                    var claims = new[] { new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, username) };
                    var identity = new ClaimsIdentity(claims, Scheme.Name);
                    var principal = new ClaimsPrincipal(identity);
                    var ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(principal, Scheme.Name);
                    return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Success(ticket));
                }
                return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail("Invalid username or password"));
            }
            catch
            {
                return Task.FromResult(AuthenticateResult.Fail("Invalid Authorization header"));
            }
        }
    }
}

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddAuthentication(defaultScheme: "Basic")
                    .AddScheme<AuthenticationSchemeOptions, BasicAuthenticationHandler>("Basic", null);

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
   // ...
            app.UseStaticFiles();

            app.UseAuthentication();

            app.UseMvc();
        }
    }
}

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
     // ...
   
            services.AddMvc(setupAction =>
            {
                setupAction.Filters.Add(new AuthorizeFilter());
        // ...

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSwaggerGen(setupAction =>
            {
   // ...

                setupAction.AddSecurityDefinition("basicAuth", new OpenApiSecurityScheme
                {
                    Type = SecuritySchemeType.Http,
                    Scheme = "basic",
                    Description = "Input your username and password to access this API"
                });
            });

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddMvc(setupAction =>
            {
                setupAction.Filters.Add(new ProducesResponseTypeAttribute(StatusCodes.Status401Unauthorized));

namespace OpenAPISwaggerDoc.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSwaggerGen(setupAction =>
            {
    // ...

                setupAction.AddSecurityRequirement(new OpenApiSecurityRequirement
                {
                    {
                        new OpenApiSecurityScheme
                        {
                            Reference = new OpenApiReference
                            {
                                Type = ReferenceType.SecurityScheme,
                                Id = "basicAuth"
                            }
                        },
                        new List<string>()
                    }
                });
            });

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Professional REST API design with ASP.NET Core and WebAPI

This project is an example of lightweight and extensible infrastructure for building RESTful Web API with ASP.NET Core.

This example contains a number of tricks and techniques which I've learned while building APIs in ASP.NET Core.

Techniques and Features

•  JWT Authentication
• Secure JWT using Encryption (JWE)
• Logging to File, Console and Database using Elmah & NLog
• Logging to sentry.io (Log Management System)
• Exception Handling using Custom Middleware
• Automatic Validation
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• Auto Document Generator for Swagger
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