Invoking WCF Service Secured With Basic Authentication Using SoapUI

In this post, we will demonstrate how to use the SoapUI API tool to invoke a secured WCF SOAP service. First, we will create a service where it will be the system under test. Next, we will approach the steps required to invoke the created service while secured by a basic authentication mechanism.

1 WCF Basic Authentication Service

The access to the resource in the service to be implemented will be secured using Basic Authentication transport security mechanisms. One of many provided by the Windows Communication Foundation. This kind of mechanism is used in conjunction with HTTPS to provide confidentiality. 

Integrating Spring Boot and React With Spring Security: Basic and JWT Authentication

This guide helps you setup Spring Security with Basic and JWT authentication with a full stack application using React as a frontend framework and Spring Boot as the backend REST API. We will be using JavaScript as the frontend language and Java as the backend language.

You Will Learn

  • How to use React as a Frontend Framework
  • How to use Spring to create Backend REST Service API
  • How to setup Basic Authentication with Spring Boot
  • How to use Spring Security with Spring Boot
  • How to use JWT Security with Spring Boot
  • How to verify Basic Authentication at user login calling a REST API with React
  • How to make secured REST API calls from React frontend
  • How to use sessionStorage to track tokens in the React frontend application

10-Step Reference Courses

Step 0: Get an Overview of the Full Stack Application

Understanding Basic Features of the Application

The following screenshot shows the application we would like to build: