How to add asp.net identity to existing web api project?

Question

I have 2 projects in my solution. First one is simple mvc project and the other one is web api. There was no pre-written code in web api. I put all logics myself. Now I want to add asp.net identity in the web api project. How can I do that? Thanks.

Answer 1

In your web api project, you can do this: 1. Create a DbContext class that looks like this:

public class DataContext : IdentityDbContext<IdentityUser>
{
    public DataContext() : base("ConnectionStringLocal") { }
}

2. Add a connection string in your Web.config file

3. In Package manager console, do Enable-Migrations, Add-Migration IdentityUpdate, Update-Database. This will create a database that has asp.net identity built in.

Please let me know if you have additional questions.