Build API clients for .NET with Microsoft identity authentication
In this tutorial, you generate an API client that uses Microsoft identity authentication to access Microsoft Graph.
Required tools
Create a project
Run the following command in the directory you want to create a new project.
dotnet new console -o GetUserClient
dotnet new gitignore
Add dependencies
Before you can compile and run the generated API client, you need to make sure the generated source files are part of a project with the required dependencies. Your project must have a reference to the bundle package. For more information about Kiota dependencies, see the dependencies documentation.
Run the following commands to get the required dependencies.
dotnet add package Microsoft.Kiota.Bundle
dotnet add package Microsoft.Kiota.Authentication.Azure
dotnet add package Azure.Identity
Generate the API client
Kiota generates API clients from OpenAPI documents. Create a file named get-me.yml and add the following.
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: Microsoft Graph get user API
version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/
paths:
/me:
get:
responses:
200:
description: Success!
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.user"
components:
schemas:
microsoft.graph.user:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
displayName:
type: string
You can then use the Kiota command line tool to generate the API client classes.
kiota generate -l csharp -d get-me.yml -c GetUserApiClient -n GetUserClient.ApiClient -o ./Client
Register an application
To be able to authenticate with the Microsoft identity platform and get an access token for Microsoft Graph, you need to create an application registration. You can install the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK and use it to create the app registration, or register the app manually in the Azure Active Directory admin center.
The following instructions register an app and enable device code flow for authentication.
Open a browser and navigate to the Azure Active Directory admin center. Sign in with your Azure account.
Select Azure Active Directory in the left-hand navigation, then select App registrations under Manage.
Select New registration. On the Register an application page, set the values as follows.
- Set Name to
Kiota Test Client
. - Set Supported account types to Accounts in any organizational directory and personal Microsoft accounts.
- Leave Redirect URI blank.
- Set Name to
Select Register. On the Overview page, copy the value of the Application (client) ID and save it.
Select Authentication under Manage.
Locate the Advanced settings section. Set the Allow public client flows toggle to Yes, then select Save.
Create the client application
The final step is to update the Program.cs file that was generated as part of the console application to include the following code. Replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID
with the client ID from your app registration.
using Azure.Identity;
using GetUserClient.ApiClient;
using Microsoft.Kiota.Authentication.Azure;
using Microsoft.Kiota.Bundle;
// The auth provider will only authorize requests to
// the allowed hosts, in this case Microsoft Graph
var allowedHosts = new[] { "graph.microsoft.com" };
var graphScopes = new[] { "User.Read" };
var options = new DeviceCodeCredentialOptions
{
ClientId = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
DeviceCodeCallback = (code, cancellation) =>
{
Console.WriteLine(code.Message);
return Task.FromResult(0);
},
};
var credential = new DeviceCodeCredential(options);
var authProvider = new AzureIdentityAuthenticationProvider(credential, allowedHosts, scopes: graphScopes);
var requestAdapter = new DefaultRequestAdapter(authProvider);
var client = new GetUserApiClient(requestAdapter);
var me = await client.Me.GetAsync();
Console.WriteLine($"Hello {me.DisplayName}, your ID is {me.Id}");
Note
This example uses the DeviceCodeCredential
class. You can use any of the credential classes from the Azure.Identity
library.
Run the application
To start the application, run the following command in your project directory.
dotnet run
See also
- kiota-samples repository contains the code from this guide.
- ToDoItem Sample API implements a sample OpenAPI in ASP.NET Core and sample clients in multiple languages.