Authenticate to a service

Enable basic authentication for web services

By default, basic authentication is disabled for all protected backend web services in Sitefinity/Services and RestApi/Sitefinity, except for Sitefinity/CMIS/RestAtom/ and Sitefinity/Services/SiteSync/SiteSyncService.svc.

To turn on basic authentication for all web services, perform the following:

Open AuthenticationConfig.config file, located in your project's ~\App_Data\Sitefinity\Configuration folder.

Insert the following section:

XML

<authenticationConfig xmlns:config="urn:telerik:sitefinity:configuration" xmlns:type="urn:telerik:sitefinity:configuration:type" config:version="10.0.6400.0">
    <relyingPartySettings enableBasicAuthenticationForBackendServices="True" />
</authenticationConfig>

Save and close the file.

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Request access token

Request access token to call a web service with OAuth2

Create HTTP requests to access Sitefinity CMS OData services using access tokens with Bearer token authentication. Use OIDC and OAuth2 protocol.

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