Simple Login to another website from windows app

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Hi All,

I am trying to build an app using VS2012, windows 8. It will display Harvest project(http://www.getharvest.com/api[^]).

It wil be a simple call to Authenticate a user and to reterive information after authentication.

see below that's far i have gone:

C#

 HttpClientHandler handler= new HttpClientHandler();
  WebRequest httpRequestLogin ;
  WebResponse loginResponse ;
  System.Net.CredentialCache cred = new CredentialCache();
  HttpResponseMessage r;
  string str;
  
 httpRequestLogin = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
                 
cred.Add(new System.Uri(uri), "Basic", new System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "password"));
 httpRequestLogin = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
 httpRequestLogin.ContentType = "application/xml";

I am not sure how to make the http request to the actual website where i need to login?

Any help is greatly appreciated

Regards,
TM

Posted 21-Sep-12 4:25am

kaysha

Updated 21-Sep-12 4:27am

Kenneth Haugland

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2012-09-21T05:16:00

Solution 1

Take a look at HttpWebRequest/Response in a Nutshell - Part 1[^], a useful CodeProject article.

Posted 21-Sep-12 5:16am

Richard MacCutchan

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kaysha 21-Sep-12 11:30am

Thanks for prompt response

Thanks for prompt response
i will try it and let you know :)

Regards
TM

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) · Answer 2 · 2012-09-21T05:27:00

Solution 2

I found HTTP Basic Authentication[^] and OAuth 2.0 Authentication[^].
They may help...

Posted 21-Sep-12 5:27am

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

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fjdiewornncalwe 21-Sep-12 11:35am

These are great for authentication to the local site, but don't really help the OP with authentication calls to a 3rd party site which is what he is asking for. +3 for the answer, but not a 5 because it really is just a little off for the OP's exact needs. Cheers.

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 21-Sep-12 12:06pm

Thanks a lot...

kaysha 21-Sep-12 11:59am

Hi Tadit,

Thanks for you help!

I know the Harvest link you have mentioned.

Please see the link api call (https://github.com/harvesthq/harvest_api_samples/blob/master/harvest_api_sample.cs[^])

problem is Visual studio 2012 has change some namespaces. I cannot use the code from Harvest api sample.

It would be really great if someone can provide me code snippet for this API call

Thanks
TM