In ChallengeAsync
, set context.Result
to an instance of type IHttpActionResult
, like so.
public Task ChallengeAsync(HttpAuthenticationChallengeContext context,
CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
context.Result = new ResultWithChallenge(context.Result);
return Task.FromResult(0);
}
Provide an implementation, like so.
public class ResultWithChallenge : IHttpActionResult
{
private readonly IHttpActionResult next;
public ResultWithChallenge(IHttpActionResult next)
{
this.next = next;
}
public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> ExecuteAsync(
CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
var response = await next.ExecuteAsync(cancellationToken);
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized)
{
response.Headers.WwwAuthenticate.Add(
new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", "realm=localhost"));
}
return response;
}
}