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Asked: 2026-05-29T06:29:08+00:00

I’m trying to use the new WCF Web API Preview 6 with Basic Authentication.

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I’m trying to use the new WCF Web API Preview 6 with Basic Authentication. But don’t really know where to begin.

zanewill apparently had the same issue:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8304367/how-to-use-basic-authentication-with-wcf-web-api
But the question is not a dup. I’m using this with mvc and don’t really see how
Wcf Basic authentication
should apply?

I’ve tried out this:
http://cacheandquery.com/blog/2011/03/customizing-asp-net-mvc-basic-authentication/
But can’t get it to work.
Should there not be an official solution from MS?

I have to note, that we are using our custom membership provider and that I basically just wanna pass an API token to the service. So the built in Windows Basic Authentification cannot be used.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I actually figured out a way myself. I’ve built my custom HttpOperationHandler and combined it with an Attribute, so I get a similar functionality as the MVC AuthorizeAttribute.

    You can have a look at the solution here:
    http://remy.supertext.ch/2012/02/basic-authentication-with-wcf-web-api-preview-6/

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