Web API token authentication with a custom user database

This is a good answer to a similar question.
It basically says:

  • Make a custom user class which implements IUser
  • Define a custom user store which implements public class UserStoreService
    : IUserStore<CustomUser>, IUserPasswordStore<CustomUser>
  • wire everything up

Since the answer is pretty extensive I just provided the basic steps…
details are here: How to customize authentication to my own set of tables in asp.net web api 2?

This is also a very valuable content which also applies to web api:

Customizing ASP.NET Authentication with Identity by JumpStart

https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Customizing-ASPNET-Authentication-with-Identity

HTH

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