AppServiceAuthenticationHandler.ValidateIdentity Method

Definition

Authenticates the login token from the IOwinRequest header, if it exists, and returns a ClaimsIdentity if authentication succeeded, or false if authentication failed. If token parsing failed, returns null.

protected virtual System.Security.Claims.ClaimsIdentity ValidateIdentity (Microsoft.Owin.IOwinRequest request, Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Server.Authentication.AppServiceAuthenticationOptions options);
abstract member ValidateIdentity : Microsoft.Owin.IOwinRequest * Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Server.Authentication.AppServiceAuthenticationOptions -> System.Security.Claims.ClaimsIdentity
override this.ValidateIdentity : Microsoft.Owin.IOwinRequest * Microsoft.Azure.Mobile.Server.Authentication.AppServiceAuthenticationOptions -> System.Security.Claims.ClaimsIdentity
Protected Overridable Function ValidateIdentity (request As IOwinRequest, options As AppServiceAuthenticationOptions) As ClaimsIdentity

Parameters

request
IOwinRequest

The IOwinRequest to authenticate.

options
AppServiceAuthenticationOptions

Authentication options.

Returns

Returns the ClaimsIdentity if token validation succeeded. Returns null if token parsing failed for any reason.

Applies to