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This post shows how to import and export .xls or .xlsx (Excel files) in ASP.NET Core. And when thinking about dealing with excel with .NET, we always look for third-party libraries or component. And one of the most popular .net library that reads and writes Excel 2007/2010 files using the Open Office Xml format (xlsx) is EPPlus. However, at the time of writing this post, this library is not updated to support .NET Core. But there exists an unofficial version of this library EPPlus.Core which can do the job of import and export xlsx in ASP.NET Core. This works on Windows, Linux and Mac. 

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;

namespace BlazorServer.Entities
{
    public class ApplicationUser : IdentityUser
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }
}

public class ApplicationDbContext : IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser>

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddIdentity<ApplicationUser, IdentityRole>()
                .AddEntityFrameworkStores<ApplicationDbContext>()
                .AddDefaultTokenProviders();
  
            // ...

dotnet tool update --global dotnet-ef --version 5.0.4
dotnet build
dotnet ef migrations --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ add AddNameToAppUser --context ApplicationDbContext
dotnet ef --startup-project ../../BlazorWasm/BlazorWasm.WebApi/ database update --context ApplicationDbContext

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public class UserRequestDTO
    {
        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Name is required")]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Email is required")]
        [RegularExpression("^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$",
                ErrorMessage = "Invalid email address")]
        public string Email { get; set; }

        public string PhoneNo { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Password is required.")]
        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        public string Password { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Confirm password is required")]
        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        [Compare("Password", ErrorMessage = "Password and confirm password is not matched")]
        public string ConfirmPassword { get; set; }
    }
}

    public class RegistrationResponseDTO
    {
        public bool IsRegistrationSuccessful { get; set; }

        public IEnumerable<string> Errors { get; set; }
    }

using System;
using BlazorServer.Entities;
using BlazorServer.Models;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Linq;
using BlazorServer.Common;

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
    [ApiController]
    [Authorize]
    public class AccountController : ControllerBase
    {
        private readonly SignInManager<ApplicationUser> _signInManager;
        private readonly UserManager<ApplicationUser> _userManager;
        private readonly RoleManager<IdentityRole> _roleManager;

        public AccountController(SignInManager<ApplicationUser> signInManager,
            UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager,
            RoleManager<IdentityRole> roleManager)
        {
            _roleManager = roleManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(roleManager));
            _userManager = userManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(userManager));
            _signInManager = signInManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(signInManager));
        }

        [HttpPost]
        [AllowAnonymous]
        public async Task<IActionResult> SignUp([FromBody] UserRequestDTO userRequestDTO)
        {
            var user = new ApplicationUser
            {
                UserName = userRequestDTO.Email,
                Email = userRequestDTO.Email,
                Name = userRequestDTO.Name,
                PhoneNumber = userRequestDTO.PhoneNo,
                EmailConfirmed = true
            };
            var result = await _userManager.CreateAsync(user, userRequestDTO.Password);
            if (!result.Succeeded)
            {
                var errors = result.Errors.Select(e => e.Description);
                return BadRequest(new RegistationResponseDTO { Errors = errors, IsRegistrationSuccessful = false });
            }

            var roleResult = await _userManager.AddToRoleAsync(user, ConstantRoles.Customer);
            if (!roleResult.Succeeded)
            {
                var errors = result.Errors.Select(e => e.Description);
                return BadRequest(new RegistationResponseDTO { Errors = errors, IsRegistrationSuccessful = false });
            }

            return StatusCode(201); // Created
        }
    }
}

[Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
[ApiController]
[Authorize]

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public class AuthenticationDTO
    {
        [Required(ErrorMessage = "UserName is required")]
        [RegularExpression("^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$",
            ErrorMessage = "Invalid email address")]
        public string UserName { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Password is required.")]
        [DataType(DataType.Password)]
        public string Password { get; set; }
    }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public class AuthenticationResponseDTO
    {
        public bool IsAuthSuccessful { get; set; }

        public string ErrorMessage { get; set; }

        public string Token { get; set; }

        public UserDTO UserDTO { get; set; }
    }

    public class UserDTO
    {
        public string Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Email { get; set; }
        public string PhoneNo { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace BlazorServer.Models
{
    public class BearerTokensOptions
    {
        public string Key { set; get; }

        public string Issuer { set; get; }

        public string Audience { set; get; }

        public int AccessTokenExpirationMinutes { set; get; }
    }
}

{
  "BearerTokens": {
    "Key": "This is my shared key, not so secret, secret!",
    "Issuer": "https://localhost:5001/",
    "Audience": "Any",
    "AccessTokenExpirationMinutes": 20
  }
}

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddOptions<BearerTokensOptions>().Bind(Configuration.GetSection("BearerTokens"));
            // ...

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;
using System.Security.Claims;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using BlazorServer.Entities;
using BlazorServer.Models;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;

namespace BlazorServer.Services
{

    public interface ITokenFactoryService
    {
        Task<string> CreateJwtTokensAsync(ApplicationUser user);
    }

    public class TokenFactoryService : ITokenFactoryService
    {
        private readonly UserManager<ApplicationUser> _userManager;
        private readonly BearerTokensOptions _configuration;

        public TokenFactoryService(
                UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager,
                IOptionsSnapshot<BearerTokensOptions> bearerTokensOptions)
        {
            _userManager = userManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(userManager));
            if (bearerTokensOptions is null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(bearerTokensOptions));
            }
            _configuration = bearerTokensOptions.Value;
        }

        public async Task<string> CreateJwtTokensAsync(ApplicationUser user)
        {
            var signingCredentials = new SigningCredentials(
                new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(_configuration.Key)),
                SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256);
            var claims = await getClaimsAsync(user);
            var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
            var tokenOptions = new JwtSecurityToken(
                issuer: _configuration.Issuer,
                audience: _configuration.Audience,
                claims: claims,
                notBefore: now,
                expires: now.AddMinutes(_configuration.AccessTokenExpirationMinutes),
                signingCredentials: signingCredentials);
            return new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(tokenOptions);
        }

        private async Task<List<Claim>> getClaimsAsync(ApplicationUser user)
        {
            string issuer = _configuration.Issuer;
            var claims = new List<Claim>
            {
                // Issuer
                new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iss, issuer, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer),
                // Issued at
                new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iat, DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString(), ClaimValueTypes.Integer64, issuer),
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, user.Email, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer),
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.Email, user.Email, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer),
                new Claim("Id", user.Id, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer),
                new Claim("DisplayName", user.Name, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer),
            };

            var roles = await _userManager.GetRolesAsync(user);
            foreach (var role in roles)
            {
                claims.Add(new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, role, ClaimValueTypes.String, issuer));
            }
            return claims;
        }
    }
}

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddScoped<ITokenFactoryService, TokenFactoryService>();
            // ...

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi.Controllers
{
    [Route("api/[controller]/[action]")]
    [ApiController]
    [Authorize]
    public class AccountController : ControllerBase
    {
        private readonly SignInManager<ApplicationUser> _signInManager;
        private readonly UserManager<ApplicationUser> _userManager;
        private readonly ITokenFactoryService _tokenFactoryService;

        public AccountController(
            SignInManager<ApplicationUser> signInManager,
            UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager,
            ITokenFactoryService tokenFactoryService)
        {
            _userManager = userManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(userManager));
            _signInManager = signInManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(signInManager));
            _tokenFactoryService = tokenFactoryService;
        }

        [HttpPost]
        [AllowAnonymous]
        public async Task<IActionResult> SignIn([FromBody] AuthenticationDTO authenticationDTO)
        {
            var result = await _signInManager.PasswordSignInAsync(
                    authenticationDTO.UserName, authenticationDTO.Password,
                    isPersistent: false, lockoutOnFailure: false);
            if (!result.Succeeded)
            {
                return Unauthorized(new AuthenticationResponseDTO
                {
                    IsAuthSuccessful = false,
                    ErrorMessage = "Invalid Authentication"
                });
            }

            var user = await _userManager.FindByNameAsync(authenticationDTO.UserName);
            if (user == null)
            {
                return Unauthorized(new AuthenticationResponseDTO
                {
                    IsAuthSuccessful = false,
                    ErrorMessage = "Invalid Authentication"
                });
            }

            var token = await _tokenFactoryService.CreateJwtTokensAsync(user);
            return Ok(new AuthenticationResponseDTO
            {
                IsAuthSuccessful = true,
                Token = token,
                UserDTO = new UserDTO
                {
                    Name = user.Name,
                    Id = user.Id,
                    Email = user.Email,
                    PhoneNo = user.PhoneNumber
                }
            });
        }
    }
}

{
  "iss": "https://localhost:5001/",
  "iat": 1616396383,
  "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/name": "vahid@dntips.ir",
  "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress": "vahid@dntips.ir",
  "Id": "582855fb-e95b-45ab-b349-5e9f7de40c0c",
  "DisplayName": "vahid@dntips.ir",
  "http://schemas.microsoft.com/ws/2008/06/identity/claims/role": "Admin",
  "nbf": 1616396383,
  "exp": 1616397583,
  "aud": "Any"
}

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            var bearerTokensSection = Configuration.GetSection("BearerTokens");
            services.AddOptions<BearerTokensOptions>().Bind(bearerTokensSection);
            // ...

            var apiSettings = bearerTokensSection.Get<BearerTokensOptions>();
            var key = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(apiSettings.Key);
            services.AddAuthentication(opt =>
            {
                opt.DefaultAuthenticateScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                opt.DefaultChallengeScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                opt.DefaultScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
            })
            .AddJwtBearer(cfg =>
            {
                cfg.RequireHttpsMetadata = false;
                cfg.SaveToken = true;
                cfg.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
                {
                    ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
                    IssuerSigningKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(key),
                    ValidateAudience = true,
                    ValidateIssuer = true,
                    ValidAudience = apiSettings.Audience,
                    ValidIssuer = apiSettings.Issuer,
                    ClockSkew = TimeSpan.Zero,
                    ValidateLifetime = true
                };
            });

            // ...

namespace BlazorWasm.WebApi
{
    public class Startup
    {
        // ...

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            // ...

            services.AddSwaggerGen(c =>
            {
                c.SwaggerDoc("v1", new OpenApiInfo { Title = "BlazorWasm.WebApi", Version = "v1" });
                c.AddSecurityDefinition("Bearer", new OpenApiSecurityScheme
                {
                    In = ParameterLocation.Header,
                    Description = "Please enter the token in the field",
                    Name = "Authorization",
                    Type = SecuritySchemeType.ApiKey
                });
                c.AddSecurityRequirement(new OpenApiSecurityRequirement {
                    {
                        new OpenApiSecurityScheme
                        {
                            Reference = new OpenApiReference
                            {
                                Type = ReferenceType.SecurityScheme,
                                Id = "Bearer"
                            }
                        },
                        new string[] { }
                    }
                });
            });
        }

        // ...

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"> 
   <PropertyGroup> 
      <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> 
      <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework> 
      <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion> 
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"> 
   <PropertyGroup> 
      <OutputType>Exe</OutputType> 
      <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework> 
      <LangVersion>8.0</LangVersion> 
   </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

> dotnet --list-sdks

> dotnet new globaljson --sdk-version 2.2.300
> type global.json

This book is a collection of problems on the knowledge of the .NET platform and the C# programming language 

Performance of your ASP.NET web application is important. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that slow loading times and clunky interaction, will drive customers elsewhere. Even in the case of internal applications where the users have no option but to use the application, their satisfaction is tightly coupled to speed.

There are a ton of ways to improve the performance of a website, let's look at fifteen of them. 

The pace of innovation for Office 365 is brisk, and barely a day goes by without notification of a new feature or enhancement. It's clear Microsoft is putting a lot of development muscle behind its SaaS solution.  

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.9.5:

• VSX1000: No enough information has been provided to MSBuild in order to establish a connection to a Remote Server.
• Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable for ARM64 is not available via visualstudio.com.
• VC Runtime Redistributable Update for VS 15.9 deletes Registry Key. This fix may have an increased chance of requiring a reboot of the machine in order to install an updated VC++ Redistributable package.
• Incorrect codegen in managed c++ with List to List assignment.
• Can't connect to mac build host after Visual Studio 15.9.4 update.
• Resource directories missed in incremental builds with AndroidAarLibrary items.
• Lots of external assembly references - JNI ERROR (app bug): local reference table overflow (max=512).
• The Unity Editor has been updated to 2018.3. For more information, please visit the Unity website.
• SSDT: We enabled SQL projects to build schemas that have non-clustered columnstore indexes on an indexed views.
• SSDT: We fixed a significant performance issue in the schema compare tool when generating a script.
• SSDT: We fixed the schema drift detection logic in the schema compare tool which forced a new comparison to reenable scripting and publishing actions.

Security Advisory Notices

• A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio when the C++ compiler improperly handles specific combinations of C++ constructs.