I answered this question: How to secure an ASP.NET Web API 4 years ago using HMAC. Now, lots of things changed in security, especially that JWT is getting popular. In this answer, I will try to explain how to use JWT in the simplest and basic way that I can, so we won’t get lost … Read more
Update: I have added this link to my other answer how to use JWT authentication for ASP.NET Web API here for anyone interested in JWT. We have managed to apply HMAC authentication to secure Web API, and it worked okay. HMAC authentication uses a secret key for each consumer which both consumer and server both … Read more
I rewrite your code @RacZo and @BNK more modular and easy to use like VolleyMultipartRequest multipartRequest = new VolleyMultipartRequest(Request.Method.POST, url, new Response.Listener<NetworkResponse>() { @Override public void onResponse(NetworkResponse response) { String resultResponse = new String(response.data); // parse success output } }, new Response.ErrorListener() { @Override public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) { error.printStackTrace(); } }) { @Override protected … Read more
You can configure HttpClient to automatically pass credentials like this: var myClient = new HttpClient(new HttpClientHandler() { UseDefaultCredentials = true });
EDIT : 31/10/2017 The same code/approach will work for Asp.Net Core 2.0 as well. The major difference is, In asp.net core, both web api controllers and Mvc controllers are merged together to single controller model. So your return type might be IActionResult or one of it’s implementation (Ex :OkObjectResult) Use contentType:”application/json” You need to use … Read more
The IMDb has a public API that, although undocumented, is fast and reliable (used on the official website through AJAX). Search Suggestions API https://sg.media-imdb.com/suggests/h/hello.json https://v2.sg.media-imdb.com/suggests/h/hello.json (as of 2019) Format: JSON-P Caveat: It’s in JSON-P format, and the callback parameter can not customised. To use it cross-domain you’ll have to use their function name for the … Read more
HttpClient has been designed to be re-used for multiple calls. Even across multiple threads. The HttpClientHandler has Credentials and Cookies that are intended to be re-used across calls. Having a new HttpClient instance requires re-setting up all of that stuff. Also, the DefaultRequestHeaders property contains properties that are intended for multiple calls. Having to reset … Read more
You just need to add [FromUri] before parameter, looks like: GetCategories([FromUri] int[] categoryIds) And send request: /Categories?categoryids=1&categoryids=2&categoryids=3
Okay. I finally got to the bottom of this. You need to jump through some hoops to get the PUT and DELETE verbs working correctly with IIS8. In fact if you install the release candidate of VS 2012 and create a new WEB API project you’ll find that the sample PUT and DELETE methods return … Read more
Try using a simple HttpResponseMessage with its Content property set to a StreamContent: // using System.IO; // using System.Net.Http; // using System.Net.Http.Headers; public HttpResponseMessage Post(string version, string environment, string filetype) { var path = @”C:\Temp\test.exe”; HttpResponseMessage result = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK); var stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); result.Content = new StreamContent(stream); result.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue(“application/octet-stream”); … Read more