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Passing username to an external rest-service from SPFx WebPart
Is this sample not covering your scenario?
Call custom Web API secured with AAD from SharePoint Framework client-side web part
https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-fx-webparts/tree/master/samples/react-aad-webapi
Basically, you need to secure your custom web api using Azure AD, and then, from client side, you can use ADAL.js to get the Access token and call the API.
Let us know if it helps.
Hi,
I am sorry that I missed this one. I will try it out and document the result here.
Cheers,
Rickard
Any pointers to solve this when Azure is not in the picture ?
A user on a SharePoint 2013 on premise page calls an external REST api. How can the REST api authenticate the caller or verify that proof of identify is the resquest (token ?) is genuine ?Bon, I just realized I'm in an spfx thread :( So not the best place to put this question.
- It depends on How the external rest API authentication is configured, and also depends if the call inside an SP 2013 page is using server side code (custom webpart/page using Farm solutions), or just JavaScript.
Hi Luis, thanks for responding to this
The external REST API is under my control, I can configure it's authentication any way I want.
It is Node.js implemented and runs on windows server 2016
The call from the SP2013 page is via JavaScript.
I would like to keep it that way if at all possible.
But if a farm solution, in a supporting role, is necessary to make this work, it is possible too.In my simple world the client side js would be able to obtain a 'token', send it to the REST API and the API would be capable of verifying the token is genuine.
But I might see things too simple :)Thanks again for your feedback on this