jsConnectAspNetCoreMvc

Vanilla Forums' jsConnect for ASP.NET Core MVC

Getting started

1. Install the NuGet package and reference jsConnect from your web application project.

2. Configure the DI Container. Inject IConfiguration and ILogger.

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
	services
	.AddMvc() // Or AddControllers, or similar...
	.AddApplicationPart(typeof(VanillaApiClient).GetTypeInfo().Assembly); // Add the controllers from this

   services.AddSingleton(Configuration);
   services.AddTransient<HashAlgorithm>(h => SHA512.Create()); // Reflect the hashing algorithm set in Vanilla Forums
}

3. Add configuration

"Vanilla": {
   "ClientId": "your_client_id",
   "ClientSecret": "your_secret",
   "TimestampValidFor": "int_seconds",
   "AllowWhitespaceInUsername": "bool",
   "BaseUri": "http://your-vanilla-forum.com/"
}

4. Make sure the HttpContext.User has the following claims set according to the documentation:

System.Security.Claims.ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier // required
System.Security.Claims.ClaimTypes.Name // required
System.Security.Claims.ClaimTypes.Email // required
"AvatarUrl" // optional
"Roles" // optional

5. Point Authentication URL of your Vanilla Forums to http://yourapp/jsconnect/authenticate

6. You are done!

7. Additionally, you can add the Vanilla:TimestampValidFor setting (in seconds). By default, it's 30 minutes. See all configuration options in the JsConnectController.