public SystemUser Authenticate(string username, string password)
        {
            var user = userRepo.Get(
                x => x.Username == username &&
                x.Password == password).FirstOrDefault()
            ;

            //return null if not found
            if (user == null)
            {
                return(null);
            }

            //else auth success so generate jwt token

            var tokenHandler    = new JwtSecurityTokenHandler();
            var key             = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_appSettings.Secret);
            var tokenDescriptor = new SecurityTokenDescriptor
            {
                Subject = new ClaimsIdentity(new Claim[]
                {
                    new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, user.Id.ToString())
                }),
                Expires            = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(7),
                SigningCredentials = new SigningCredentials(
                    new SymmetricSecurityKey(key), SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256Signature)
            };

            var token = tokenHandler.CreateToken(tokenDescriptor);

            user.Token = tokenHandler.WriteToken(token);

            return(user.WithoutPassword());
        }