From dfaa62ea7529aba0a96dd23f54bbeac59b7025ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Khwezi Mngoma <khwezi@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:34:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added data protection keys to web iodc middleware
 regirtration method

---
 LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Api.cs          | 6 ++++++
 LiteCharms.Features/LiteCharms.Features.csproj | 1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Api.cs b/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Api.cs
index a4020d1..96fb0ba 100644
--- a/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Api.cs
+++ b/LiteCharms.Features/Extensions/Api.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ public static class Api
 
     public static IServiceCollection AddLiteCharmsWebSecurity(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
     {
+        var keysFolder = Path.Combine("/app/shared-keys");
+
+        services.AddDataProtection()
+            .PersistKeysToFileSystem(new DirectoryInfo(keysFolder))
+            .SetApplicationName("MidrandBooks");
+
         var configSection = configuration.GetSection(nameof(LiteCharmsSettings));
 
         var authOptions = new LiteCharmsSettings();
diff --git a/LiteCharms.Features/LiteCharms.Features.csproj b/LiteCharms.Features/LiteCharms.Features.csproj
index 60259b7..4ff6ca2 100644
--- a/LiteCharms.Features/LiteCharms.Features.csproj
+++ b/LiteCharms.Features/LiteCharms.Features.csproj
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
 
   <!-- Shared Usings -->
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Using Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection" />
     <Using Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Server.ProtectedBrowserStorage" />
     <Using Include="System.Text.Json.Serialization" />
     <Using Include="System.Reflection" />