I'm trying to read files from a SharePoint document library using HttpWebRequest
. In order to do that I have to pass some credentials. I'm using the below request:
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "GET";
request.ContentType = "application/msexcel";
request.UserAgent = "Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+5.01;+Windows+NT+5.0";
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(UserName, PassWord);
Is this the correct way to pass credentials?
You could also use:
request.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
If you need to run request as the current user from desktop application use CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
(see on MSDN).
Your code looks fine if you need to run a request from server side code or under a different user.
Please note that you should be careful when storing passwords - consider using the SecureString
version of the constructor.
If you need to set the credentials on the fly, have a look at this source:
http://spc3.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/57957#1015709
private ICredentials BuildCredentials(string siteurl, string username, string password, string authtype) {
NetworkCredential cred;
if (username.Contains(@"\")) {
string domain = username.Substring(0, username.IndexOf(@"\"));
username = username.Substring(username.IndexOf(@"\") + 1);
cred = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(username, password, domain);
} else {
cred = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(username, password);
}
CredentialCache cache = new CredentialCache();
if (authtype.Contains(":")) {
authtype = authtype.Substring(authtype.IndexOf(":") + 1); //remove the TMG: prefix
}
cache.Add(new Uri(siteurl), authtype, cred);
return cache;
}