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ASP.NET Core 8 Web API Authentication Playbook

This course will teach you all about authentication and authorization for ASP.NET Core web APIs, starting from a variety of scenarios.

Advanced
3h 37m
(12)

Created by Kevin Dockx

Last Updated Feb 24, 2025

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ASP.NET Core 8 Web API Authentication Playbook

This course will teach you all about authentication and authorization for ASP.NET Core web APIs, starting from a variety of scenarios.

Advanced
3h 37m
(12)

Created by Kevin Dockx

Last Updated Feb 24, 2025

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What you'll learn

Keeping your web API secure is an essential part of software development. In this course, ASP.NET Core 8 Web API Authentication Playbook, you’ll learn how to authenticate and authorize access to a web API for a variety of scenarios. First, you’ll explore authentication-related scenarios, from cookie authentication to OAuth2. Next, you’ll discover how to refresh tokens and generate tokens for testing. Finally, you’ll learn about a set of authorization-related scenarios, like using authorization policies and using scopes for fine-grained authorization. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of authentication and authorization needed to secure your ASP.NET Core web APIs.

ASP.NET Core 8 Web API Authentication Playbook
Advanced
3h 37m
(12)
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Kevin Dockx
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Kevin Dockx is a freelance solution architect (mobile/web), author & consultant, living in Antwerp (Belgium).

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