sp-dev-fx-webparts/samples/react-aad-webapi/README.md

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# Call custom Web API secured with AAD from SharePoint Framework client-side web part

## Summary

Sample SharePoint Framework client-side web part illustrating communication with a custom Web API secured with Azure Active Directory.

![Sample web part showing orders retrieved from a custom Web API secured with Azure Active Directory](./assets/preview.png)

## Used SharePoint Framework Version 
![drop](https://img.shields.io/badge/drop-drop4-red.svg)

## Applies to

* [SharePoint Framework Developer Preview](http://dev.office.com/sharepoint/docs/spfx/sharepoint-framework-overview)
* [Office 365 developer tenant](http://dev.office.com/sharepoint/docs/spfx/set-up-your-developer-tenant)

## Solution

Solution|Author(s)
--------|---------
react-aad-webapi|Waldek Mastykarz (MVP, Rencore, @waldekm)

## Version history

Version|Date|Comments
-------|----|--------
1.0|October 10, 2016|Initial release

## Disclaimer
**THIS CODE IS PROVIDED *AS IS* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.**

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## Minimal Path to Awesome

- clone this repo

### Deploy custom Web API

- in the Azure Management Portal at https://portal.azure.com create a new API App
  - in the settings enable CORS to all origins using an `*`
- from the **api** folder, in Visual Studio open the **pnp.api.contosoorders.sln** file
- build the solution
- deploy the **pnp.api.contosoorders** project to the newly created API App
- verify that you can access the API by navigating in your web browser to **https://your-api-app.azurewebsites.net/api/orders**

### Secure custom Web API with AAD

- in the Azure Management Portal at https://manage.windowsazure.com navigate to Azure Active Directory and register a new web application:
  - as the name use `Orders API`
  - as the sign-in URL use the URL of the previously created API App 
  - copy the application ID
  - from the **View endpoints** option, copy the GUID from the **Federation Metadata Document**
- in the Azure Management Portal at https://portal.azure.com navigate to the Authentication settings of your API App
  - enable App Service Authentication by switching the toggle to **On**
  - as **Action to take when request is not authenticated** set **Log in with Azure Active Directory**
  - in the list of **Authentication Providers** configure **Azure Active Directory**
    - in the **Client ID** field paste the ID of the newly registered Azure AD application
    - in the **Issuer Url** field enter `https://sts.windows.net/` followed, by the GUID copied from the **Federation Metadata Document**, eg. `https://sts.windows.net/61546bfa-b299-4703-a06d-d682b6401123`
- confirm that the API is secured with AAD by in your web browser navigating to **https://your-api-app.azurewebsites.net/api/orders**. You should be prompted with the AAD login page and after signing in you should see the list of orders returned by the API
- in the Azure Management Portal at https://manage.windowsazure.com navigate to Azure Active Directory and register a new web application
  - as the name use `Orders`
  - as the sign-in URL use `https://your-machine:4321/temp/workbench.html` where *your-machine* is the name of your developer machine
  - add permissions to other applications
    - change the filter to show all applications
    - from the list of applications select **Orders API**
    - in the list of **Delegated Permissions** select **Access Orders API**
  - copy the application ID

### Configure the web part

- in the command line change the working directory to the `webpart` folder
- in the command line run `npm i`
- in your code editor open the `webpart` folder
- in the `./src/webparts/recentOrders/AdalConfig.ts` file
  - replace the empty GUID in the `clientId` property with the application ID of the **Orders** application
  - in the `endpoints` property, replace the URL of the API with the URL of your API App and the empty GUID with the application ID of the **Orders API** app.
- in the `./src/webparts/recentOrders/components/RecentOrders.tsx` file
  - in line 155 replace the empty GUID with the application ID of the **Orders API** application
  - in line 185 replace the URL with the URL of your API App
- in the command line execute `gulp serve`
- add the web part to SharePoint workbench
- in the web part sign in with your organizational account
- the web part should show 5 recently placed orders retrieved from the API hosted on Azure

## Features

This project contains sample Web API returning a fixed set or recently placed orders and a client-side web part connected to that API.

This web part illustrates the following concepts on top of the SharePoint Framework:
- connecting to resources secured with Azure Active Directory from React
- persisting state in React components
- communicating state updates in React components to users
- executing REST API web requests from React components

<img src="https://telemetry.sharepointpnp.com/sp-dev-fx-webparts/samples/react-aad-webapi" />