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Reputation: 4209

Accessing an MVC method with a Windows Service

I have a windows service which accesses a function in an MVC application to do some work.

The only way I was able to allow the service to access the function was by granting anonymous access to the function like this: 

[AllowAnonymous]
[HttpPost]
public JsonResult UploadFile(ImportedFileModel uploadedFile)
{ 

}

I wonder, is there any safer way to do this. I am not convinced that [AllowAnonymous] is a good solution.

Is there anyway I can make the access specific to the Windows Service?

Many thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 204

Answers (1)

Andrei
Andrei

Reputation: 44700

Expose your function as an web method. If upgrade is an option, you can upgrade your application to ASP.NET MVC 4 and use build in Web API framework.

There are a lot of ways how to manage access to your web methods. Check out for example OAuth.

Good luck!

Upvotes: 2

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