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.NET - Api()

Creates a new HTTP API.

using Nitric.Sdk;

var api = Nitric.Api("main");

Nitric.Run();

Parameters

Name
name
Required
Required
Type
string
Description
The unique name of this API within the app. Subsequent calls to api with the same name will return the same object.
Name
securityDefinitions
Optional
Optional
Type
Dictionary<string, SecurityDefinition>
Description
Security definitions defined by this API.
Name
security
Optional
Optional
Type
Dictionary<string, string[]>
Description
Security rules to apply with scopes to the entire API. Keys must match a securityDefinition.
Name
SecurityDefinition
Optional
Optional
Type
Description
A SecurityDefinition object is one of the following:
Name
issuer
Optional
Optional
Type
string
Description
The issuer for the JWT tokens e.g. https://account.region.auth0.com.
Name
audiences
Optional
Optional
Type
string[]
Description
The aud that will be applied to JWT tokens from the issuer.

Notes

The middleware property on the options param is useful for applying universal middleware such as CORS headers or Auth, across an entire API from a single place.

Examples

Create an API

using Nitric.Sdk;

var api = Nitric.Api("main");

Nitric.Run();

Create an API with universal middleware

using Nitric.Sdk;

private HttpContext ValidateRequest(HttpContext ctx, Func<HttpContext, HttpContext> next)
{
    // Validation logic
    return next(ctx);
}

var api = Nitric.Api("main", new ApiOptions(
    Middleware: new Middleware<HttpContext>[] { ValidateRequest }
));

Nitric.Run();

Create an API with a base path

If you need to put all the routes in your api below a shared base path, you can do that with the BaseRoute option. In this example we ensure all routes start with /api/v1/ before the route specific path.

using Nitric.Sdk;

var api = Nitric.Api("main", new ApiOptions(
    BaseRoute: "/api/v1"
));

Nitric.Run();

Apply JWT authentication to an API

using Nitric.Sdk;

var secureApi = Nitric.Api("main", new ApiOptions(
  // You can optionally apply security rules to the entire API
  Security: new Dictionary<string, string[]>
  {
    // apply the 'user security definition the whole API'
    {
      "user",
      // Optionally apply required scopes to this api
      // in this case users will require the products:read scope to access the API
      new string[] { "products:read" }
    },
  },
  // security requirements for your API are defined here
  SecurityDefinitions: new Dictionary<string, SecurityDefinition>
  {
    // define a security definition called 'user'
    { "user",
      new JwtSecurityDefinition(
        'https://example-issuer.com',
        new string[] { "YOUR_AUDIENCES" }
      )
    }
  }
));

Nitric.Run();