Relationship between Webapi, Webhost and Owin
I’m just trying to get my head around relationship between webapi, webhost (iis) and owin. I’ll write down my current understanding, and I ask you to tell me if it is correct or not.
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Owin provide startup class in web.config (no automatic startup discovery)
I try to do the following in my web.config:
When should I use OWIN Katana?
I am new to OWIN and Katana. I really don’t get why I should use OWIN, while I can use IIS. To simplify, my question is: What do I lose if I skip learning OWIN and use IIS for my websites?
Is there Application_End from Global.asax in Owin?
Startup.cs is a new way to initialize your app instead of Application_Start in Global.asax and it’s fine. But is there a place to put my teardown logic, for example this:
How to set default static web page for Katana/Owin self hosted app?
I’ve set up a web site using an Owin self hosted console app. I’m serving static files with no problem, the ‘root’ of the static part of the site works properly, and the web API routes work fine also.
Customising the OWIN/Katana UserManager factory behaviour
There are many samples online using OWIN/Katana to find users in a database based on ausername/password combination and generate a claims principal, such as…
How do I get an instance of IAppBuilder elsewhere in my ASP.NET MVC 5.2.3 application?
I need to build an Owin middle-ware object but not from within the Startup class. I need to build it from within anywhere else in my code, so I need a reference to the AppBuilder instance of the application. Is there a way to get that from anywhere else?
Pass command-line arguments to Startup class in ASP.NET Core
I have arguments passed in via the command-line
Should I use OwinContext’s Environment to hold application specific data per request
I need a way to store a logging object per request. With HttpContext I would add this to the items Dictionary. I don’t want to bring HttpContext into this if I can help it.
The below code is what I propose for a Unity LifeTimeManager that will store objects in OwinContext’s Environment property, which I have access to with my Owin middleware.
Rewind request body stream
I am re-implementing a request logger as Owin Middleware which logs the request url and body of all incoming requests. I am able to read the body, but if I do the body parameter in my controller is null.