Startup.cs

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Webpack;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies;

namespace Chariots_of_Trails
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public Startup(IConfiguration configuration)
        {
            Configuration = configuration;
        }

        public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }

        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddDistributedMemoryCache();

            services.AddSession(options =>
            {
                // Set a short timeout for easy testing.
                //options.IdleTimeout = System.TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
                options.Cookie.HttpOnly = true;
            });

            // Add framework services.
            services.AddMvc().SetCompatibilityVersion(CompatibilityVersion.Version_2_1);

            // Simple example with dependency injection for a data provider.
            services.AddSingleton<Providers.IStravaProvider, Providers.StravaProvider>();
            services.AddSingleton<Providers.IDataBaseProvider, Providers.DataBaseProvider>();
            services.AddScoped<Controllers.ExceptionFilter>();

        }

        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
            if (env.IsDevelopment())
            {
                app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();

                // Webpack initialization with hot-reload.
                app.UseWebpackDevMiddleware(new WebpackDevMiddlewareOptions
                {
                    HotModuleReplacement = true,
                });
            }
            else
            {
                app.UseExceptionHandler("/Home/Error");
            }


            app.UseStaticFiles();
            app.UseSession();

            app.UseMvc(routes =>
            {
                routes.MapRoute(
                      name: "default",
                    template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");

                routes.MapSpaFallbackRoute(
                    name: "spa-fallback",
                    defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" });
            });
        }
    }
}