ASP.NET core JWT authentication always throwing 401 unauthorized

Question

I\'m trying to implement JWT authentication on my asp.net core webAPI as simply as possible. I don\'t know what i\'m missing but it\'s always returning 401 even with the

Answer 1

Keep in mind that the UseAuthentication, UseRouting and UseAuthorization middleware must in correct in order for the ASP framework properly inject the identity context to http request.

It should look like this: (.NET Core 3.1)

            app.UseAuthentication();
            app.UseRouting();
            app.UseAuthorization();
            app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
            {
                endpoints.MapControllers();
            });