I am trying to create a web api with forms based authentication. I want to login from a client and retrieve data from there. When I log in, user gets authenticated and can retrieve data by giving http request direct into adressbar like localhost:1393/api/Game. But when i try to get it from client I am getting a 401 (Unauthorized error). I have enabled CORS in server side. This is the controller to handle data
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Http;
using System.Web.Security;
using Cheeky_backend.Models;
using System.Web.Http.WebHost;
namespace Cheeky_backend.Controllers
{
public class Demo
{
public List<Teams> team { get; set; }
public List<Hole> hole { get; set; }
}
[Authorize]
public class GameController : ApiController
{
private Cheeky_backendContext db = new Cheeky_backendContext();
// GET api/Game
public IEnumerable<Hole> GetHoles()
{
return db.Holes.AsEnumerable();
}
}
}
This is the authenticating controler
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.Http;
using Cheeky_backend.Models;
namespace Cheeky_backend.Controllers
{
public class UserController : ApiController
{
private Cheeky_backendContext db = new Cheeky_backendContext();
// GET api/Default1
// GET api/Default1/5
// PUT api/Default1/5
// POST api/Default1
public HttpResponseMessage CreateUser(User user)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
db.Users.Add(user);
db.SaveChanges();
HttpResponseMessage response = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Created, user);
// response.Headers.Location = new Uri(Url.Link("DefaultApi", new { id = user.ID }));
return response;
}
else
{
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
}
}
// DELETE api/Default1/5
public HttpResponseMessage Login(User user)
{
var userfound = from user2 in db.Users
where user.username == user2.username && user.password == user2.password
select user2;
if( userfound.Any())
{
FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(user.username, true);
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK,user);
}
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized);
}
}
}