How do I implement DNN Authentication from external desktop application?

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I need a way to authenticate users to a DNN site from an external desktop application, in my case a OS X MAC Application.

The Desktop app needs access to Web API service methods on the DNN Site. I think the JSON Web Token (JWT) would work for this, however, we are using DNN 7 and are unable to upgrade at this time. Is there another option to authenticate from outside of the framework? There does not appear to be a DNN API call to even check if a username and password are valid, as everything is strongly tied into .NET Identity. Is there a way to do this?

I want users to login to DNN directly from within a desktop app on MAC.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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You could use basic auth with SSL. Here is an answer I gave on how to implement by authorizing web services with basic auth restricted by role.

Basic auth in DNN Web API service

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answered Jan 31 '17 at 14:54

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How do I implement DNN Authentication from external desktop application?

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