Provided REST API Appsettings

This page lists all the appsettings.json settings available for Provided REST APIs 
The appsettings.json file is located in the folder <AMT Environment>\Apps\<Application>\Binaries\Common\RestApiProvider\<Name of the Rest API>\

The appsettings file is (sub-)divided into the following sections.

AmtCookieEncryptionKey

This setting is explained in Generating Keys.

EnableSwaggerDoc

If set to true, Swagger Documentation in the form of a json file is created.
The address of the json file depends on the name set in the Options window of the Provided REST API.

EnableSwaggerUI

This setting enables the Swagger UI webpage, which can be accessed by adding index.html to the IIS Application of the Provided REST API.
E.g. https://amt.example.com/AMT/CustomerAPI/index.html

Note: Swagger UI requires the Swagger Documentation to be enabled (see setting above).  

EnableParams

To debug a Provided REST API the EnableParams setting should be set to true.

BusinessLogic

Settings needed to communicate with the AMT environment.
The name of the application to which the Provided REST API belongs should be set as the value of the 'ApplicationName' key.

AuthenticationType

The authentication type used to interact with the Provided REST API, the only valid option is "JWT" (JSON Web Token) which is used for OIDC Authentication.

JWT

The 'JWT' section contains settings needed for the correct working of OIDC Authentication.

• Authority - The URL of the authorization server.
• Audience - The configured intended recipient of the access token.
• TokenValidationParameters:
  • NameClaimType - The claim type that will be used to identify the user. Commonly preferred_username is used as claim type.
• RequireHttpsMetadata - If true then HTTPS is required for the authority. The default is true. This should be disabled only in development environments.

WebSessionState

The 'WebSessionState' section contains optional settings for the ASP.NET Core web sessions used by the Provided REST API.

• 'IdleTimeout' - The time in minutes that a session remains active on the server before it is discarded, default is 10 minutes.
  
• The 'Cookie' section holds settings for the cookie used for the web session.
  • Domain - The domain of the web session cookie.
  • Path - The path of the web session cookie.
  • Name - The name of the web session cookie.

Logging

Sets the logging levels for the various ASP.NET Core components of the web application. These settings do not need be adjusted in a normal situation.
The allowed log levels are, from most to least detailed: Trace, Debug, Information, Warning, Error, Critical and None.

AllowedHosts

In the AllowedHosts section, access to the web application can be restricted to specific hostnames. 
The value is a semicolon-delimited list of host names without port numbers. 
By default all hostnames are allowed by the asterisk (*) wildcard.
Disallowed users will get a HTTP 400 error code (Bad Request).