Test Credentials to access a web page

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Test Credentials to access a web page

Is there a nice and tested piece of code out there that I can use for this purpose:

get the user/pass and the address of a web service (asmx page) and check if the user/pass are valid or not.

I think I should use HTTPRequest,etc to do that but I do not have a good knowledge on that topic , causing my current method to not working properly.

If there is a good piece of code for this purpose I appreciate for pointing me to that.

Thanks

P.S: I am not using DefaultCredentials in my code. Since I want them to enter user/pass so now I need to be able to TEST their user/pass and show proper message to them if their credentials is not valid.

You can use the HttpWebRequest.Credentials Property (depends on the web service authentication) and the CredentialCache Class.

Also some code examples (from google):
Retrieving HTTP content in .NET
Combine Invoking Web Service dynamically using HttpWebRequest with .Credentials.

Jaroslav Jandek 2010-07-06 15:20:11

yeah Thanks, I saw that page you had posted but in its example it is doing this: " request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials; " which is Not what I need. I need to "Test" the user/pass that users have entered.

BDotA 2010-07-06 15:23:42

Use your own instance of `CredentialCache` instead (added a link so you see how).

Jaroslav Jandek 2010-07-06 15:31:25

I do not have problem with "setting" my credentials. Just I want a simple method that does this: gets a user name, a password, a asmx page addresss and determines if this user/pass is correct or not. That's it and I do not see it anywhere in the pages you posted. Thanks tho.

BDotA 2010-07-06 15:35:30

What's the problem? Create a form or a console application. A `TextBox` and `Button` or `Console.ReadLine();` to get input from the user and pass it to the code using `CredentialCache` for credentials (username, password) and `HttpWebRequest` with the URL you got from user... What more do you need? If it returns OK, you can access the service, if not, you get a 401 status code back => not able to login...

Jaroslav Jandek 2010-07-06 16:02:06

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