Getting bearer token via Refit

Question

Hi

I have an API that takes a username and password and then returns a bearer token. The curl code is below at the end.

How can I make the call to get the token via Refit?

Many thanks

Regards

curl -X 'POST' \
  'http://localhost:65202/api/Authentication/Authenticate' \
  -H 'accept: */*' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json;odata.metadata=minimal;odata.streaming=true' \
  -d '{ "userName": "Admin", "password": "" }'

Answer 1

Well if you had an API with an endpoint like this (a .NET 6.0 Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web project):

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

var app = builder.Build();

app.MapPost("/api/Authentication/Authenticate", (AuthDetails details) => {
    return "token_123";
});

app.Run();

class AuthDetails {
    public string Username { get; set; }
    public string Password { get; set; }
}

Then you could call it like this (a .NET 6.0 Microsoft.NET.Sdk project):

using Refit;

var authApi = RestService.For<IAuthApi>("https://localhost:7286");
var token = await authApi.GetToken(new AuthDetails { Username = "Paul", Password = "gimme_a_token" });

Console.WriteLine(token);
Console.ReadLine();

public class AuthDetails {
    public string Username { get; set; }
    public string Password { get; set; }
}

public interface IAuthApi {
    [Post("/api/Authentication/Authenticate")]
    Task<string> GetToken(AuthDetails details);
}

I suppose it makes sense if you have these AuthDetails request/response types you could put them in a separate project and share them between the projects.