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+5  Q: 

.NET code for SMS

+2  A: 

Are you sure that you need to manually implement the HTTP protocol in code using a TcpClient and an SslStream to communicatie with Zeep? I'd try to just use a HttpWebRequest object and let the .NET Framework handle the HTTP specific protocol bits for you. Especially since the error message you get back seems to point in the direction of the request you are sending not being able to be understood by the remote server.

(Wasn't there an extra empty line needed between HTTP header and actual content? I never really remember, and I don't have to if I just do the correct .NET Framework WebRequest...)

Good luck!

peSHIr
Thanks for your response peSHIr. To answer your question, YES, you have to use a TcpClient if you want to include headers such as "DATE". Microsoft's implementation of WebRequest and HTTPWebRequest will not allow you to set some headers such as Date and there is no override for it.
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Sorry ran out of space to respond to your other point peSHIr. You are right. There is a space needed between the header and the body. Unfortunately, that wasn't the solution.
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Mmm, didn't know about restrictions on not being to add specific (custom?) headers through HttpWebRequest.
peSHIr
+3  A: 

SOLUTION:

OK. I worked on it all last night and I made some progress. I used Fiddler to construct the POST message to see any discrepancies between what I had above and what the server expected.

I have got it sending the message and returning a HTTP 200 OK response. Again, this code is not production ready, its just something to test and see if I can get Zeep working. Thank you all who responded and if your looking for ZEEP code, I hope this can help you.


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Net.Security;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Handlers;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;


namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        public static string API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY_GOES_HERE! INCLUDE DASHES!";
        public static string SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = "YOUR_SECRET_KEY_GOES_HERE!";

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("BLAST - \r\n\r\n");
            BlastTcpPost();

            Console.WriteLine("SEND - \r\n\r\n");
            SendTcpPost();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Send a BLAST to all users in your ZEEP account.
        /// </summary>
        public static void BlastTcpPost()
        {
            SendSMS(
                "https://api.zeepmobile.com/messaging/2008-07-14/blast_message",    // URL for Send_Message 
                "You are on blast",                                                 // Message to send
                string.Empty                                                        // No UserId to send.
                );
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Send a single message to a user in your ZEEP account.
        /// </summary>
        public static void SendTcpPost()
        {
            // Note:- 22 I use for the UserId is just a user I have signed up. Yours may be different and you 
            // might want to pass that in as a parameter.

            SendSMS(
                "https://api.zeepmobile.com/messaging/2008-07-14/send_message",     // URL for Send_Message
                "You are a user...good job!",                                       // Message to send
                "22"                                                                // User Id in your system.
                );

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Uses a TCPClient and SSLStream to perform a POST.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="requestUrl">URL that the POST must be directed to.</param>
        /// <param name="body">Message that is to be sent.</param>
        /// <param name="user">UserId in your Zeep System. Only required if your sending a Single Message to a User. 
        /// Otherwise, just send a string.Empty.</param>
        /// <returns>Response from the server. (although it will write the response to console)</returns>
        public static string SendSMS(string requestUrl, string body, string user)
        {
            string parameters = "";
            string requestHeaders = "";
            string responseData = "";

            // FORMAT must be Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT
            string http_date = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("r");

            // Clean the text to send
            body = HttpUtility.UrlEncode(body, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);

            if (user.Length > 0) parameters += "user_id=" + user + "&";
            if (body.Length > 0) parameters += "body=" + body;


            // String that will be converted into a signature.
            string canonicalString = API_KEY + http_date + parameters;


            //------------START HASH COMPUTATION---------------------
            // Compute the Base64 HMACSHA1 value
            HMACSHA1 hmacsha1 = new HMACSHA1(SECRET_ACCESS_KEY.ToByteArray());

            // Compute the hash of the input file.
            byte[] hashValue = hmacsha1.ComputeHash(canonicalString.ToByteArray());

            String b64Mac = hashValue.ToBase64String();
            String authentication = String.Format("Zeep {0}:{1}", API_KEY, b64Mac);
            //-----------END HASH COMPUTATION------------------------


            string auth = String.Format("Zeep {0}:{1}", API_KEY, b64Mac);


            System.Uri uri = new Uri(requestUrl);
            System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient client = new System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient(uri.Host, uri.Port);
            string requestMethod = "POST " + uri.LocalPath + " HTTP/1.1\r\n";

            // Set Headers for the POST message
            requestHeaders += "Host: api.zeepmobile.com\r\n";
            requestHeaders += "Authorization: " + auth + "\r\n";
            requestHeaders += "Date: " + DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("r") + "\r\n";
            requestHeaders += "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n";
            requestHeaders += "Content-Length: " + parameters.ToByteArray().Length + "\r\n";
            requestHeaders += "\r\n";


            // Get the data to be sent as a byte array.
            Byte[] data = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(requestMethod + requestHeaders + parameters + "\r\n");
            // Send the message to the connected TcpServer.
            NetworkStream stream = client.GetStream();


            // SSL Authentication is used because the Server requires https.
            System.Net.Security.SslStream sslStream = new System.Net.Security.SslStream(
                stream,
                false,
                new System.Net.Security.RemoteCertificateValidationCallback(ValidateServerCertificate));
            sslStream.AuthenticateAsClient(uri.Host);

            // Send the data over the SSL stream.
            sslStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
            sslStream.Flush();


            // Receive the TcpServer.response.
            for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
            {
                if (stream.DataAvailable)
                {
                    break;
                }
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
            }

            Byte[] bytes = new byte[1024];
            System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
            while (stream.DataAvailable)
            {
                int count = sslStream.Read(bytes, 0, 1024);
                if (count == 0)
                {
                    break;
                }
                sb.Append(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes, 0, count));
            }

            responseData = sb.ToString();
            Console.WriteLine(responseData);
            // Close everything.
            client.Close();

            return responseData;
        }



        // The following method is invoked by the RemoteCertificateValidationDelegate.
        // We want to make sure the SSL has no Policy errors and is safe.
        public static bool ValidateServerCertificate(
              object sender,
              X509Certificate certificate,
              X509Chain chain,
              SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors)
        {
            // Somehow the cert always has PolicyErrors so I am returning true regardless.
            return true;
            //if (sslPolicyErrors == SslPolicyErrors.None)
            //    return true;

            //Console.WriteLine("Certificate error: {0}", sslPolicyErrors);

            //// Do not allow this client to communicate with unauthenticated servers.
            //return false;
        }
    }

    public static class Extensions
    {
        public static byte[] ToByteArray(this string input)
        {
            UTF8Encoding encoding = new UTF8Encoding();
            return encoding.GetBytes(input);
        }

        public static string ToBase64String(this byte[] input)
        {
            return Convert.ToBase64String(input);
        }
    }
}
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