Simplest way to add Basic authentication to web.config with user/pass

Question

I\'m setting up an Azure API Management with with an ASP.NET WebApi 2 app behind it. API Management recommends setting up Basic auth between the API Management proxy and the

Answer 1

I ended up implementing BasicAuthentication as a HttpModule. I will update this answer later with the details.

Edit:

NuGet package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Hexasoft.BasicAuthentication

Source: https://github.com/hexasoftuk/Hexasoft.BasicAuthentication