public User Authenticate(UserForLogin userForLogin) { if (userForLogin == null) { return(null); } if (userForLogin.Password == null || userAPI == null) { return(null); } var sha256 = new SHA256CryptoServiceProvider(); var hashedPassword = ConvertByteArrayToString( sha256.ComputeHash(ConvertStringToByteArray(userForLogin.Password))); sha256.Dispose(); var user = userAPI.GetUserFromDatabase(userForLogin.Name); if (user == null) { return(null); } if (user.Password != hashedPassword) { return(null); } 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); user.Password = null; return(user); }