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How to Async httpclient with Patch Method

I am trying to consume [this API] (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/vsts/release/approvals/update). Below is my code, but i am getting 400 bad request.
HttpContent z = new StringContent("{\"status\": \"approved\",\"comments\": \"" + Request.QueryString["comment"].ToString() + "\"}", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
public static async Task PatchAsync(Uri requestUri, HttpContent content)
{
try
{
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
{
var method = new HttpMethod("PATCH");
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(method, requestUri)
{
Content = content
};
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(
new System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic",
Convert.ToBase64String(
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(
string.Format("{0}:{1}", "", "XXXXXXXXX"))));
//using (HttpResponseMessage response = await client.PostAsync(requestUri, content))
using (HttpResponseMessage response = await client.SendAsync(request))
{
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
respApproval = responseBody;
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
respApproval = ex.ToString();
}
}

Since you only provide part of the code, I posted my code (which can update approvals successfully) below for your refernce:
public static async void ApproveRelease()
{
try
{
var username = "alternate auth or PAT";
var password = "password";
string accountName = "https://account.visualstudio.com";
string projectName = "projectname";
int approvalid = id;
var approveReleaseUri = "https://accountname.vsrm.visualstudio.com/projectname/_apis/release/approvals/approvlID?api-version=4.1-preview.3";
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
{
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic",
Convert.ToBase64String(
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(
string.Format("{0}:{1}", username, password))));
var method = new HttpMethod("PATCH");
string approvveReleaseMetaData = "{\"status\":\"approved\", \"comments\":\"Good to go\"}";
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(method, string.Format(approveReleaseUri, accountName, projectName, approvalid, apiVersion))
{
Content = new StringContent(approvveReleaseMetaData, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
};
using (HttpResponseMessage response = client.SendAsync(request).Result)
{
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
}
}
By referring the blog Using ReleaseManagement REST API’s.
Note: you can only update a release approval which status is pending. If you try to update a release approval which approval status is approved or rejected, you will also get the 400 bad request response.

postAsync with header and content c#

I need to postAsync with header and content together. In order to get access to a website through Console Application in C#. I have my headers as an HttpHeader object with variable name header and my content named newContent as a string object with __Token, return, Email and Password. Now what I want to do is add newContent to header and then use postAsync(url, header+content) to make my POST request.
public async static void DownloadPage(string url)
{
CookieContainer cookies = new CookieContainer();
HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler();
handler.CookieContainer = cookies;
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler))
{
using (HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync(url).Result)
{
//statusCode
CheckStatusCode(response);
//header
HttpHeaders headers = response.Headers;
//content
HttpContent content = response.Content;
//getRequestVerificationToken&createCollection
string newcontent = CreateCollection(content);
using(HttpResponseMessage response2 = client.PostAsync(url,))
}
}
}
public static string GenerateQueryString(NameValueCollection collection)
{
var array = (from key in collection.AllKeys
from value in collection.GetValues(key)
select string.Format("{0}={1}", WebUtility.UrlEncode(key), WebUtility.UrlEncode(value))).ToArray();
return string.Join("&", array);
}
public static void CheckStatusCode(HttpResponseMessage response)
{
if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
throw new Exception(String.Format(
"Server error (HTTP {0}: {1}).",
response.StatusCode,
response.ReasonPhrase));
else
Console.WriteLine("200");
}
public static string CreateCollection(HttpContent content)
{
var myContent = content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
HtmlNode.ElementsFlags.Remove("form");
string html = myContent;
var doc = new HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument();
doc.LoadHtml(html);
var input = doc.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("//*[#name='__Token']");
var token = input.Attributes["value"].Value;
//add all necessary component to collection
NameValueCollection collection = new NameValueCollection();
collection.Add("__Token", token);
collection.Add("return", "");
collection.Add("Email", "11111111#hotmail.com");
collection.Add("Password", "1234");
var newCollection = GenerateQueryString(collection);
return newCollection;
}

I did the very same thing yesterday. I created a seperate class for my Console App and put the HttpClient stuff in there.
In Main:
_httpCode = theClient.Post(_response, theClient.auth_bearer_token);
In the class:
public long Post_RedeemVoucher(Response _response, string token)
{
string client_URL_voucher_redeem = "https://myurl";
string body = "mypostBody";
Task<Response> content = Post(null, client_URL_voucher_redeem, token, body);
if (content.Exception == null)
{
return 200;
}
else
return -1;
}
Then the call itself:
async Task<Response> Post(string headers, string URL, string token, string body)
{
Response _response = new Response();
try
{
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
{
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, URL);
request.Content = new StringContent(body);
using (HttpResponseMessage response = await client.SendAsync(request))
{
if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
_response.error = response.ReasonPhrase;
_response.statusCode = response.StatusCode;
return _response;
}
_response.statusCode = response.StatusCode;
_response.httpCode = (long)response.StatusCode;
using (HttpContent content = response.Content)
{
_response.JSON = await content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
return _response;
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_response.ex = ex;
return _response;
}
}
I hope this points you in he right direction!

How about iterating over your Headers and adding them to the Content object:
var content = new StringContent(requestString, Encoding.UTF8);
// Iterate over current headers, as you can't set `Headers` property, only `.Add()` to the object.
foreach (var header in httpHeaders) {
content.Headers.Add(header.Key, header.Value.ToString());
}
response = client.PostAsync(Url, content).Result;
Now, they're sent in one method.

If you are still looking into this you can also add headers at the request level as well as the HttpClient level. This works for me:
HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, URL);
request.Content = new StringContent(body);
request.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

Jira Rest Api Login in C# [duplicate]

I've written below C# code to login to JIRA Rest API:
var url = new Uri("http://localhost:8090/rest/auth/latest/session?os_username=tempusername&os_password=temppwd");
var request = WebRequest.Create(url) as HttpWebRequest;
if (null == request)
{
return "";
}
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/json";
request.ContentLength = 200;
request.KeepAlive = false;
using (var response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
{
}
When I execute this, application just goes on running without returning any response. Please suggest if this is the right way of calling JIRA Login using REST API

For basic authentication you need to send in the username and password in a base64-encoding. Guidelines can be found in the API examples on atlassians developer page:
https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/JIRA+REST+API+Example+-+Basic+Authentication
, if you are doing it in C# you need to send the encoded data in the header in the following format:
"Authorization: Basic [ENCODED CREDENTIALS]"
Here is a simple example:
public enum JiraResource
{
project
}
protected string RunQuery(
JiraResource resource,
string argument = null,
string data = null,
string method = "GET")
{
string url = string.Format("{0}{1}/", m_BaseUrl, resource.ToString());
if (argument != null)
{
url = string.Format("{0}{1}/", url, argument);
}
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url) as HttpWebRequest;
request.ContentType = "application/json";
request.Method = method;
if (data != null)
{
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream()))
{
writer.Write(data);
}
}
string base64Credentials = GetEncodedCredentials();
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64Credentials);
HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse;
string result = string.Empty;
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
result = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
return result;
}
private string GetEncodedCredentials()
{
string mergedCredentials = string.Format("{0}:{1}", m_Username, m_Password);
byte[] byteCredentials = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(mergedCredentials);
return Convert.ToBase64String(byteCredentials);
}
(JiraResource is just an enum I use to decide which part of the API to use)
I hope this will help!

Here is a simpler solution which works as required:
var mergedCredentials = string.Format("{0}:{1}", username, password);
var byteCredentials = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(mergedCredentials);
var encodedCredentials = Convert.ToBase64String(byteCredentials);
using (WebClient webClient = new WebClient())
{
webClient.Headers.Set("Authorization", "Basic " + encodedCredentials);
return webClient.DownloadString(url);
}

If you don't want to encode your credentials in every request here is how to do it using cookies.
When requesting the cookie you don't need to add any authorization on the headers. This method will accept a JSON string with the user name and password and the URL. It will return the cookie values.
public async Task<JiraCookie> GetCookieAsync(string myJsonUserNamePassword, string JiraCookieEndpointUrl)
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
var response = await client.PostAsync(
JiraCookieEndpointUrl,
new StringContent(myJsonUserNamePassword, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));
var json = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
var jiraCookie= JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JiraCookie>(json);
return jArr;
}
}
public class JiraCookie
{
public Session session { get; set; }
}
public class Session
{
public string name { get; set; }
public string value { get; set; }
}
When I call it using url: http://[baseJiraUrl]/rest/auth/1/session it returns the following JSON response:
{
"session" : -{
"name" : JSESSIONID,
"value" : cookieValue
}
Keep in mind the URL above is valid in the version of JIRA I'm using and may vary depending on which version you're using. Read the JIRA API documentation for the correct URL for the version you are using. I'm using the following:
https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/REST/7.6.1/#auth/1/session
Remember you'll have to store your cookie and use it on every subsequent request.
Check out this answer on how add cookies to your HttpClient request: How do I set a cookie on HttpClient's HttpRequestMessage.
Once you're done with the cookie (logging out) simply send a delete http request with the same URL as the post.

I tweaked the RunQuery code so that it will run today (Apr 2018). The encrypt/decrypt referenced below is from the following link (I converted it to an extension method and threw values into environment).
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10168240/encrypting-decrypting-a-string-in-c-sharp
I successfully execute the code from LinqPad - thus the Dump() command after RunQuery
private string _baseUrl = "https://xxxxxx.atlassian.net";
private string _username = "YourLogin";
void Main()
{
RunQuery(JiraResource.project).JsonToXml().Dump();
}
public enum JiraResource { project }
private const string restApiVersion = "/rest/api/2/";
protected string RunQuery( JiraResource resource, string argument = null, string data = null, string method = "GET")
{
string url = $"{_baseUrl}{restApiVersion}{resource}";
if (argument != null) url = $"{url}{argument}/";
var request = WebRequest.Create(url) as HttpWebRequest;
request.ContentType = "application/json";
request.Method = method;
if (data != null)
{
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream()))
{
writer.Write(data);
}
}
string base64Credentials = GetEncodedCredentials();
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64Credentials);
var response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse;
string result = string.Empty;
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
result = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
return result;
}
private string GetEncodedCredentials()
{
var encryptedPassword = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PassEncrypted");
var encryptionSalt = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PassSalt");
var password = encryptedPassword.Decrypt(encryptionSalt);
var mergedCredentials = $"{_username}:{password}";
var byteCredentials = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(mergedCredentials);
return Convert.ToBase64String(byteCredentials);
}
public static class MyExtensions
{
public static XElement JsonToXml(this string jsonData, bool isAddingHeader = true)
{
var data = isAddingHeader
? "{\"record\":" + jsonData + "}"
: jsonData;
data = data // Complains if xml element name starts numeric
.Replace("16x16", "n16x16")
.Replace("24x24", "n24x24")
.Replace("32x32", "n32x32")
.Replace("48x48", "n48x48");
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeXmlNode(data, "data");
var xmlResult = XElement.Parse(result.OuterXml);
return xmlResult;
}
}

For posting multipart content in Rest I use Tiny.RestClient.
var client = new TinyRestClient(new HttpClient(), "http://localhost:8090");
var strResult = await client.PostRequest("rest/auth/latest/session).
WithBasicAuthentication("username", "password")
ExecuteAsStringAsync();

static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
wc.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + GetEncodedCredentials());
string tasks = wc.DownloadString("yourjiraurl/search?jql=task=bug");
var taskdetails = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TaskDetails>(tasks);
}
}
static string GetEncodedCredentials()
{
string mergedCredentials = string.Format("{0}:{1}", "UserName", "Password");
byte[] byteCredentials = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(mergedCredentials);
return Convert.ToBase64String(byteCredentials);
}

Make a post Request with azure new rest api (ressource manager)

I want to start my VM using the post Uri as described here https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/mt163628.aspx
Since i don't have body in my request i get 403 frobidden. I can make a get Request without problem. Here is my code
public void StartVM()
{
string subscriptionid = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SubscriptionID"];
string resssourcegroup = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ressourgroupename"];
string vmname = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["VMName"];
string apiversion = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["apiversion"];
var reqstring = string.Format(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["apirestcall"] + "subscriptions/{0}/resourceGroups/{1}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{2}/start?api-version={3}", subscriptionid, resssourcegroup, vmname, apiversion);
string result = PostRequest(reqstring);
}
public string PostRequest(string url)
{
string content = null;
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
{
StringContent stringcontent = new StringContent(string.Empty);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
string token = GetAccessToken();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);
HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsync(url, stringcontent).Result;
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
content = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
}
}
return content;
}
i've also tried this in the PostRequest
var values = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{ "api-version", ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["apiversion"] }
};
var posteddata = new FormUrlEncodedContent(values);
HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsync(url, posteddata).Result;
with url=string.Format(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["apirestcall"] + "subscriptions/{0}/resourceGroups/{1}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{2}/start", subscriptionid, resssourcegroup, vmname);
I Get 400 Bad request

I found the solution. Needed to add role in Azure to allow starting/stopping the VM. That is why i received 4.3 forbidden.
Thank you

How to add signing Request Headers in Get Request for Cryptsy using C# HttpClient

I have written a program for withdrawing coins from the Cryptsy.com. This program first converts the all parameters to the HMAC SHA512 and then this data has to be sent as signing information for Authentication. This signed data is required to be sent in headers. When i run this program it always shows the Error "Must be Authenticated". I had run the API on RestClient where i dont find this error. So i want to know why it is not working with the following code.
client = new HttpClient();
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.cryptsy.com/");
int nonce = DateTime.Now.Millisecond;
String msg = "nonce="+nonce+"&limit=100";
msg = msg + "&quantity="+_amount+"&address="+_with_to+"&notificationtoken="+_notification_token;
Encoding encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
HMACSHA512 hmac = new HMACSHA512(encoding.GetBytes(_pri_key));
byte[] getsigndata = hmac.ComputeHash(encoding.GetBytes(msg));
string sbinary = "";
for (int i = 0; i < getsigndata.Length; i++)
{
sbinary += getsigndata[i].ToString("X2");
}
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("*/*"));
HttpRequestMessage requestmessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "api/v2/withdraw/" + allCurrencies.Find(l => l.name == _with_from).id + "?" + msg);
requestmessage.Headers.Add("key", _pub_key);
requestmessage.Headers.Add("sign", sbinary);
HttpResponseMessage response = client.SendAsync(requestmessage).Result;
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
HttpContent content = response.Content;
String reqdata = content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
JObject obj = JObject.Parse(reqdata);
String valu=obj["success"].ToString();
Boolean isSuccess;
if (valu == "False")
{
isSuccess = false;
}
else
{
isSuccess = true;
}
if(isSuccess)
{
}
else
{
String[] err= JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<String[]>(obj["error"].ToString());
MessageBox.Show(err[0]);
}
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show(response.StatusCode.ToString());
}`