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C# Oracle Rest API, Authentication Issue

I am trying to use Ocacle's Financial REST API and I'm having trouble making it work in C# in VS2019.
I can confirm the restful call works using Postman, so I know my credentials are fine but I must be missing something trying this with in code.
So URL is like so:
http://MYCLOUDDOMAIN/fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/ledgerBalances?finder=AccountBalanceFinder;accountCombination=3312-155100-0000-0000-0000-00000,accountingPeriod=Feb-20,currency=USD,ledgerSetName=Ledger,mode=Detail&fields=LedgerName,PeriodName,Currency,DetailAccountCombination,Scenario,BeginningBalance,PeriodActivity,EndingBalance,AmountType,CurrencyType,ErrorDetail
So I stick that in postman, put in my credentials (basic auth) and it works find. In VS I've tried both the RestSharp way and basic HTTPRequest way as follows:
HttpWebRequest r = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("/fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/ledgerBalances?finder=AccountBalanceFinder;accountCombination=3312-155100-0000-0000-0000-00000,accountingPeriod=Feb-20,currency=USD,ledgerSetName=Ledger US,mode=Detail&fields=LedgerName,PeriodName,Currency,DetailAccountCombination,Scenario,BeginningBalance,PeriodActivity,EndingBalance,AmountType,CurrencyType,ErrorDetail");
r.Method = "GET";
string auth = System.Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes("Username" + ":" + "Password"));
r.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic" + " " + auth);
r.ContentType = "application/vnd.oracle.adf.resourcecollection+json";
using (HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)r.GetResponse())
{
int b = 0;
}
RestSharp:
var client = new RestClient("http://MYCLOUDDOMAIN/fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/ledgerBalances?finder=AccountBalanceFinder;accountCombination=3312-155100-0000-0000-0000-00000,accountingPeriod=Feb-20,currency=USD,ledgerSetName=Ledger US,mode=Detail&fields=LedgerName,PeriodName,Currency,DetailAccountCombination,Scenario,BeginningBalance,PeriodActivity,EndingBalance,AmountType,CurrencyType,ErrorDetail");
client.Authenticator = new RestSharp.Authenticators.HttpBasicAuthenticator("UserName", "Password");
//Tried authorization this way as well.
//JObject AuthRequest = new JObject();
//AuthRequest.Add("Username", "UserName");
//AuthRequest.Add("Password", "Password");
var request = new RestRequest();
request.Method = Method.GET;
request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Json;
//request.AddParameter("text/json", AuthRequest.ToString(), ParameterType.RequestBody);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/vnd.oracle.adf.resourcecollection+json");
request.AddHeader("REST-Framework-Version", "1");
var response = client.Get(request);
No matter what I try I am always 401 not authorized. I suspect its some kind of header thing? I can't see the raw request header in postman
I am new to REST. I am used to using WSDLs soap services.

Try this.
var handler = new HttpClientHandler
{
Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password")
};
using (var client = new HttpClient(handler))
{
var result = await client.GetAsync("url");
}
Good luck!

I figured out what the problem was.
In postman, it was fine with the URL I posted being HTTP but in C# code it was not. I switched the URL to HTTPS and it started working just fine.

How to send authentication header in ASP.Net for set of web request

I am developing ASP.net application which consumes REST services with ASP.Net Web API. I am trying to use Basic authentication for my website. I plan to use it with SSL once I complete Basic authentication.
Currently on Login button click I am sending Auth header using Base64 encoding of username and password as shown below:
string responseData = string.Empty;
string authToken = string.Empty;
string loginInstance = url;
// Create request.
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(loginInstance);
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/json";
request.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
String username = txtUserName.Text;
String password = txtPassword.Text;
String encoded = System.Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(username + ":" + password));
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + encoded);
request.ContentLength = 0;
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream(), System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
String resultData = reader.ReadToEnd();
bool result = false;
result = Convert.ToBoolean(resultData);
return result;
I assume I will need to send authentication header to all of those web api requests that needs to be secure and pass through authentciation.
Is there a way to attach authentication header to every request that I send or even to a set of requests?
Please note: most of the Web API requests are invoked through JQuery.
Also please let me know if this is not recommended approach of implementation.
Regards,
Abhilash

Have you try like this :
WebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://yoururl");
request.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.Authorization, "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes("user:password")));
basic http authentication in asp.net web api using message handlers.
http://www.piotrwalat.net/basic-http-authentication-in-asp-net-web-api-using-message-handlers/

Can you try with below code inplace of "request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + encoded);" .
request.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.Authorization, "Basic " +
Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes("user:password")));

I believe you can just add
request.PreAuthenticare = true

You may look for HttpWebRequest.Credentials Property.
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(loginInstance);
request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
Above example contains the credentials of the currently logged on user.
"The Credentials property can be either a NetworkCredential, in which case the user, password, and domain information contained in the NetworkCredential object is used to authenticate the request, or it can be a CredentialCache".
MSDN Reference

Provide Credentials for BackgroundTransferRequest (WP8)

When I am using HttpWebRequest I use the following code to set the Credentials
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(urlToCall);
request.Method = "GET";
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(username, pass);
How do I do the same when I am using BackgroundTransferService in Windows Phone 8.
For reference I am using the following.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/hh202955%28v=vs.105%29.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/hh202959%28v=vs.105%29.aspx
*Edit:
The authentication method is Digest
This is what I get in the Authorization Header when I use my browser to download the file.
Digest username="adf", realm="bcd", nonce="XXXXXXXXX", uri="/ans/1268e52399.txt", algorithm=MD5, response="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", qop=auth, nc=00000001, cnonce="XXXXXXXXXXXX"

Unfortunately this isn't supported on the BackgroundTranserService. One possible solution might be to manually create a header for your request like below:
var credentials = new UTF8Encoding().GetBytes(username + ":" +password);
var transferRequest = new BackgroundTransferRequest(transferUri);
transferRequest.Headers["Authorization"] ="Basic " + convert.ToBase64String(credentials);
Unfortunately I'm unable to test this at the minute, give it a try and let me know how you get on.

ASP.NET Equivalent to this cURL command

I'm working with the Twilio API and it provides examples in PHP and Ruby. I'm working on a site to send text messages through the API that's coded in ASP.NET MVC 3, and using my limited knowledge of the WebRequest object, I was able to translate this:
curl -X POST 'https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/AC4840da0d7************f98b20b084/SMS/Messages.xml' \
-d 'From=%2B14155992671' \
-u AC4840da0d7************f98b20b084:f7fc2**************75342
Into this:
var request =
WebRequest.Create(MessageApiString + "?From=+14*********1&To=" + Phone + "&Body=" + smsCampaign.Message);
var user = "AC4840da0d7************f98b20b084";
var pass = "f7fc2**************75342";
string credentials = String.Format("{0}:{1}", user, pass);
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", credentials);
var result = request.GetResponse();
But it's not authenticating, I'm getting a 401 from their API. What is the equivalent C# to the cURL -u command?
Update
var request =
WebRequest.Create(MessageApiString + "?From=+14155992671&To=" + Phone + "&Body=" + smsCampaign.Message);
var cc = new CredentialCache();
cc.Add(new Uri(MessageApiString), "NTLM", new NetworkCredential("AC4840da0d7************f98b20b084", "f7fc2**************75342"));
request.Credentials = cc;
request.Method = "POST";
var result = request.GetResponse();
Still getting 401. Any ideas?
Update 2
Alright, thanks to the answers below I was able to get through to the api, but now I'm getting a 400 Bad Request. Is there a cleaner way to build a query string to pass this data along? The three fields are From, To, and Body.

Try including
request.Method = "POST";
and
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");

The -u option in Curl is to specify a username and password for Server Authentication.
For C# this is set using the WebRequest.Credentials property.

C# SSL Basic Access Authentication

I want to request reports from a third party and they require "Basic Access Authentication" via POST:
Your client application must use Basic Access Authentication
to send the user name and password.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Edit: I did see this post but there are two answers and I'm not sure if thats what I need to do or which one is the preferred method.

Assuming you use a WebRequest, you attach a CredentialCache to your request:
NetworkCredential nc = new NetworkCredential("user", "password");
CredentialCache cc = new CredentialCache();
cc.Add("www.site.com", 443, "Basic", nc);
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://www.site.com");
request.Credentials = cc;
request.PreAuthenticate = true;
request.Method = "POST";
// fill in other request properties here, like content
WebResponse respose = request.GetResponse();

The basic gist is like this:
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Get;
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(username, password);
but sometimes there are issues with using request credentials, the alternative is add the authentication data in request headers
string authInfo = username + ":" + password;
authInfo = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.Default.GetBytes(authInfo));
request.Headers["Authorization"] = "Basic " + authInfo;
for more details see this blog post
http://charlie.cu.cc/2012/05/how-use-basic-http-authentication-c-web-request/