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[riddy ndoma <riddyndoma@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Charles,
Can you share the error message. I think WebClient it's easy to use for
calling a web API in c#.

Cheers,
On Aug 20, 2015 7:41 AM, "charles waka" <charlwak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can anyone have an example of an established connection to DHIS2 using C#
> HttpWebRequest or WebClient methods?
>
> I have written this method and all i get are errors when establishing the
> connection.
>
> private void ConnectDHIS()
>         {
>             string uname = "admin", pwd = "district";
>             string formattedUrl = "
> https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-commons/security/login.action?authOnly=true
> ";
>             string credentials =
> Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(uname + ":" + pwd));
>             HttpWebRequest request =
> (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(formattedUrl);
>            // request.PreAuthenticate = true;
>             request.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] =
> string.Format("Basic {0}", credentials);
>            // request.Headers["Authorization"] = "Basic " + credentials;
>             //request.Headers.Add("Authorization","Basic " + credentials);
>             HttpWebResponse response =
> (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
>             txtresponse.Text = response.ResponseUri.ToString();
>         }
>
> The above code does not work even for my own local instance of DHIS2.
>
> Charles.
>
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