ASP.NET Web API Self-Host with Windows Authentication

Question

I am trying to use the ASP.NET Web API Self-Host option with Windows authentication so I can determine the logged on user and ultimately accept or reject the user based on their

Answer 1

Here is a link to a short video explaining how to use authorization.

http://www.asp.net/web-api/videos/getting-started/authorization

In essence use the [Authorize] attribute on the class, catch the error and return an HTTP 401 response and then have the client detect it and go to the login page