I trying to consume a .NET Core Minimal Api endpoint, which is secured with Bearer tokens, via the .http client in Visual Studio.

I'm setting a valid Authorization: Bearer <token> in the request given below in my .http file,

@HostAddress = http://localhost:5085
@BearerToken = <token>

GET {{HostAddress}}/api/v1/categories
Accept: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {{BearerToken}}

but the response is always 401 Unauthorized.

I trying to consume a .NET Core Minimal Api endpoint, which is secured with Bearer tokens, via the .http client in Visual Studio.

I'm setting a valid Authorization: Bearer <token> in the request given below in my .http file,

@HostAddress = http://localhost:5085
@BearerToken = <token>

GET {{HostAddress}}/api/v1/categories
Accept: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {{BearerToken}}

but the response is always 401 Unauthorized.

• asp-core
• visual-studio-2022
• minimal-apis
• .http-files

1 Answer 1

Since the endpoint host, @HostAddress = http://localhost:5085 is http and not https, it is likely that in the Program.cs file, you have configured, app.UseHttpsRedirection() which expects an https endpoint.

So, instead of http://localhost:5085 you must use the equivalent https endpoint for @MyAuth.Auth_HostAddress