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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

mailgun email validation response

I am a newbie to Mailgun and REST and need some help.
If I use the Mailgun provided code:
RestClient client = new RestClient();
client.BaseUrl = "https://api.mailgun.net/v2";
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("api", "xxxx");
RestRequest request = new RestRequest();
request.Resource = "/address/validate";
request.AddParameter("address", "me#mydomain.com");
return client.Execute(request);
How do I retrieve and process the response that the address is valid or not?

This code works for me. I didn't use RESTClient and wrote my own code(which works perfectly fine)
[System.Web.Services.WebMethod]
public static object GetEmailInfo(string UserName)
{
var http = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://api.mailgun.net/v2/address/validate?address=" + UserName);
http.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("api","public key");
http.Timeout = 5000;
try
{
var response = http.GetResponse();
var stream = response.GetResponseStream();
var sr = new StreamReader(stream);
var content = sr.ReadToEnd();
JSON.JsonObject js = new JSON.JsonObject(content);
return Convert.ToBoolean(js["is_valid"]);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
}

First of You should never post private information such as your public key of such API
Just by using the amazing Postman Chrome app you can see the result of such request:
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and I'm sure, if you instead of return client.Execute(request); you do
var result = client.Execute(request);
return result;
and adding a breakpoint in the return you can inspect what is the object that is passed from the call... without testing, I'm sure you can convert result.Content (as it's where RestSharp appends the response content) into an object and use that object (or use the dynamic type).
now, testing your code in VS:
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you can then use the dynamic object like:
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public void GetResponse()
{
var client = new RestClient();
client.BaseUrl = "https://api.mailgun.net/v2";
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("api", "pubkey-e82c8201c292691ad889ace3434df6cb");
var request = new RestRequest();
request.Resource = "/address/validate";
request.AddParameter("address", "me#mydomain.com");
var response = client.Execute(request);
dynamic content = Json.Decode(response.Content);
bool isValid = content.is_valid;
string domain = content.parts.domain;
}
and treat the content of the response just like the json passed:
{
"address": "me#mydomain.com",
"did_you_mean": null,
"is_valid": true,
"parts": {
"display_name": null,
"domain": "mydomain.com",
"local_part": "me"
}
}

Call a Post Web API with multiple string parameters?

How can we call the following web api ?
[HttpPost]
public bool ValidateAdmin(string username, string password)
{
return _userBusinessObject.ValidateAdmin(username, password);
}
I've written the following code, but it dosen't work 404 (Not Found)
string url = string.Format("api/User/ValidateAdmin?password={0}", password);
HttpResponseMessage response = Client.PostAsJsonAsync(url, username).Result;
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
return response.Content.ReadAsAsync<bool>().Result;
Edit:
I'm dead sure about the Url, but it says 404 (Not Found)

i do like this for me in similar case :
MediaTypeFormatter jsonFormatter = new JsonMediaTypeFormatter();
HttpContent datas = new ObjectContent<dynamic>(new {
username= username,
password= password}, jsonFormatter);
var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(
new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
var response = client.PostAsync("api/User/ValidateAdmin", datas).Result;
if (response != null)
{
try
{
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
return response.Content.ReadAsAsync<bool>().Result;
...

Add IP address to HttpRequestMessage

How do I add an IP address to a HttpRequestMessage?
I am writing unit tests for a Web.API application, I have an AuthorizeAttribute that checks the callers IP address -
string[] AllowedIPs = new string[] { "127.0.0.1", "::1" }
string sourceIP = "";
var contextBase = actionContext.Request.Properties["MS_HttpContext"] as System.Web.HttpContextBase;
if (contextBase != null)
{
sourceIP = contextBase.Request.UserHostAddress;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(sourceIP))
{
return AllowedIPs.Any(a => a == sourceIP);
}
return false;
I construct a test request as follows -
var request = CreateRequest("http://myserver/api/CustomerController, "application/json", HttpMethod.Get);
HttpResponseMessage response = client.SendAsync(request).Result;
.
.
private HttpRequestMessage CreateRequest(string url, string mthv, HttpMethod method)
{
var request = new HttpRequestMessage();
request.RequestUri = new Uri(url);
request.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue(mthv));
request.Method = method;
return request;
}
BUT actionContext.Request.Properties["MS_HttpContext"] is null and I cannot perform the test.
SOLUTION BELOW - see my own answer.

Thanks to Davin for his suggestion.
Here is the solution -
private HttpRequestMessage CreateRequest(string url, string mthv, HttpMethod method)
{
var request = new HttpRequestMessage();
var baseRequest = new Mock<HttpRequestBase>(MockBehavior.Strict);
var baseContext = new Mock<HttpContextBase>(MockBehavior.Strict);
baseRequest.Setup(br => br.UserHostAddress).Returns("127.0.0.1");
baseContext.Setup(bc => bc.Request).Returns(baseRequest.Object);
request.RequestUri = new Uri(url);
request.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue(mthv));
request.Properties.Add("MS_HttpContext", baseContext.Object);
request.Method = method;
return request;
}
Then use that method in the following way -
var request = CreateRequest("http://myserver/api/CustomerController, "application/json", HttpMethod.Get);
HttpResponseMessage response = client.SendAsync(request).Result;

It seems you are attempting to get the IP address from the host myserver which in this case will not be resolved by anything. This leaves the property MS_HttpContext null.
I would suggest a different approach. First, mock System.Web.HttpContextBase and set up return values for Request.UserHostAddress, then, in your test setup, set the property directly:
private HttpRequestMessage CreateRequest(string url, string mthv, HttpMethod method)
{
var request = new HttpRequestMessage();
request.RequestUri = new Uri(url);
request.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue(mthv));
request.Method = method;
request.Property["MS_HttpContext"] = mockedHttpContextBase //here
return request;
}

Creating a folder on box using C# and RESTSharp

I'm trying to use RESTSharp to create a simple folder on Box, but I'm having a hard time. I keep getting this error:
{"type":"error","status":400,"code":"bad_request","help_url":"http://developers.box.com/docs/#errors","message":"Could
not parse JSON","request_id":"1474540366505ba7a11bdcd"}
This is my code:
static string box(string resourceURL, string APIKey, string authToken)
{
RestClient client = new RestClient();
client.BaseUrl = "https://api.box.com/2.0";
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.Resource = resourceURL;
string Headers = string.Format("Authorization: BoxAuth api_key={0}&auth_token={1}", APIKey, authToken);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", Headers);
request.AddParameter("name", "TestFolder");
// request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Json;
var response = client.Execute(request);
return response.Content;
}
What am I missing? Thanks in advance for your help.

You may also want to take a look at a recently created github repo, where some folks are collaborating on a C# Box SDK. https://github.com/jhoerr/box-csharp-sdk-v2

I see two issues:
The URL needs to point to /folder/{folder_id} (0 is the id of the root folder)
The folder name needs to be in the json body of the request, not a query parameter
I'm not that familiar with C# or RESTSharp, but I believe this code should address the two problems.
static string box(string APIKey, string authToken)
{
RestClient client = new RestClient();
client.BaseUrl = "https://api.box.com/2.0";
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.Resource = "/folders/0";
string Headers = string.Format("BoxAuth api_key={0}&auth_token={1}", APIKey, authToken);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", Headers);
request.AddParameter("text/json", "{\"name\" : \"TestFolderName\"}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
//request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Json;
var response = client.Execute(request);
return response.Content;
}

Thanks for your help, this is the exact code that finally worked.
static string box(string APIKey, string authToken)
{
RestClient client = new RestClient();
client.BaseUrl = "https://api.box.com/2.0";
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.Resource = "/folders/0";
string Headers = string.Format("BoxAuth api_key={0}&auth_token={1}", APIKey, authToken);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", Headers);
request.AddParameter("text/json", "{\"name\" : \"TestFolderName\"}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
//request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Json;
var response = client.Execute(request);
return response.Content;
}

static string folderCreation(string APIKey, string authToken)
{
RestClient client = new RestClient();
client.BaseUrl = "https://api.box.com/2.0/folders";
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
string Headers = string.Format("Bearer {0}", authToken);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", Headers);
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\"name\":\"Youka\",\"parent\":{\"id\":\"0\"}}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
var response = client.Execute(request);
return response.Content;
}