使用基本身份验证连接到Restful Web服务

Question

I am trying to make a request from a RWS and I am constantly getting the 401 not authorized error

I have been provided a sample username and password for testing purposes but I have a feeling my implementation is off. This is my first foray into the world of RWS.

class Program
    {
        static string _address = "https://this.istheservice/";

        static async void RunClient()
        {
            HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler();

            handler.UseDefaultCredentials = false;

            handler.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("Sample", "P@ssw0rd!!");

            HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler);

            // Send asynchronous request
            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(_address);

            // Check that response was successful or throw exception
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();//Breaks here

When I inspected the NetworkCredentials the Domain was listed as Domain = "" would this cause an issue?

If I drop the URL they provide into a browser I get 401 error as well.

If more information is needed please ask, I am not sure what moving parts need to be included here.

I am working from this example: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/henrikn/archive/2012/02/17/downloading-a-google-map-to-local-file.aspx and I am using Fiddler to monitor the requests.

Answer 1

What your trying to do there is not basic authentication. To do basic Authentication you need to base64 encrypt username:password and put them in the header

   string basic = "Basic ENCRYPTEDSTRING";
   HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
   client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", basic);

So your header should have something like this when you see it in fiddler

Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==

Wiki link to basic authentication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication