Make Web api 2 to use mvc 5 credentials

Question

I have a MVC 5 application and I can register a user.

Now, I want to access a Web Api 2 with these credentials. I added Web api 2 just like in this thread

And this is my api

public class MyApiController : ApiController
{
    [Authorize]
    //[System.Web.Mvc.Authorize]
    public ResultContainer Get()
    {
        var result = new ResultContainer 
        {
            IsOk = true,
            DisplayMessage = false,
        };
        return result;
    }
}

Now, I want to access the api with a .net client (.net 4) with an account I registered from the website.

This is the code

var handler = new HttpClientHandler { Credentials = new NetworkCredential(Username, Password) };
            using (var client = new HttpClient(handler) { BaseAddress = new Uri(BaseUri) })
            {
                try
                {
                    var response = client.GetAsync("/api/MyApi").Result;  // Blocking call!
                    if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                    {
                        var result = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
                    }
                 }
             }

The problem is that I always receive an html page with the form to login instead of the resource I wanted. I can access the api if I don't set the

Authorize

attribute. What am I missing?

Thanks

Have you tried using the Owin Authentication Pipeline? They can be shared easily across the two technologies. — Simon Belanger, Jun 16 '14 at 18:01
@Erik the code I'm using to access the API is the second code in the thread — Daniel, Jun 16 '14 at 18:09
@Daniel A good start would be [A primer on OWIN cookie authentication middleware for the ASP.NET developer](http://brockallen.com/2013/10/24/a-primer-on-owin-cookie-authentication-middleware-for-the-asp-net-developer/) — Simon Belanger, Jun 16 '14 at 18:32
Are you saying that you want to pass network credentials with each API call? — Brian Rogers, Jun 16 '14 at 20:14
I would like to understand how it works if I want to try another option — Daniel, Jun 17 '14 at 06:25

Make Web api 2 to use mvc 5 credentials

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