I'm building an application in ASP.NET MVC (using C#) and I would like to know how I can perform calls like curl http://www.mywebsite.com/clients_list.xml inside my controller
Basically I would like to build a kind of REST API to perform actions such as show edit and delete, such as Twitter API.
But unfortunately until now I didn't find anything besides that cURL for windows on this website: http://curl.haxx.se/
So I don't know if is there any traditional way to retrieve this kind of call from URL with methods like post delete and put on the requests, etc...
I just would like to know an easy way to perform commands like curl inside my controller on my ASP.NET MVC Application.
UPDATE:
Hi so I managed to make GET Requests but now I'm having a serious problem in retrieve POST Request for example, I'm using the update status API from Twitter that in curl would work like this:
curl -u user:password -d "status=playing with cURL and the Twitter API" http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
but on my ASP.NET MVC application I'm doing like this inside my custom function:
string responseText = String.Empty;
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml");
request.Method = "POST";
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
request.Headers.Add("status", "Tweeting from ASP.NET MVC C#");
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
responseText = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
return responseText;
Now the problem is that this request is returning 403 Forbidden,
I really don't know why if it works perfectly on curl
:\
UPDATE:
I finally manage to get it working, but probably there's a way to make it cleaner and beautiful, as I'm new on C# I'll need more knowledge to do it, the way the POST params are passed makes me very confused because is a lot of code to just pass params.
Well, I've created a Gist - http://gist.github.com/215900 , so everybody feel free to revise it as you will. Thanks for your help çağdaş
also follow the code here:
public string TwitterCurl()
{
//PREVENT RESPONSE 417 - EXPECTATION FAILED
System.Net.ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml");
request.Method = "POST";
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("twitterUsername", "twitterPassword");
//DECLARE POST PARAMS
string headerVars = String.Format("status={0}", "Tweeting from ASP.NET MVC C#");
request.ContentLength = headerVars.Length;
//SEND INFORMATION
using (StreamWriter streamWriter = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream(), ASCIIEncoding.ASCII))
{
streamWriter.Write(headerVars);
streamWriter.Close();
}
//RETRIEVE RESPONSE
string responseText = String.Empty;
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()))
{
responseText = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
return responseText;
/*
//I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS FOR
request.Timeout = 500000;
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.UserAgent = "Custom Twitter Agent";
#if USE_PROXY
request.Proxy = new WebProxy("http://localhost:3000", false);
#endif
*/
}
Try using Microsoft.Http.HttpClient. This is what your request would look like
var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultHeaders.Authorization = Credential.CreateBasic("username","password");
var form = new HttpUrlEncodedForm();
form.Add("status","Test tweet using Microsoft.Http.HttpClient");
var content = form.CreateHttpContent();
var resp = client.Post("http://www.twitter.com/statuses/update.xml", content);
string result = resp.Content.ReadAsString();
You can find this library and its source included in the WCF REST Starter kit Preview 2, however it can be used independently of the rest of the stuff in there.
P.S. I tested this code on my twitter account and it works.
Example code using HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse :
public string GetResponseText(string url) {
string responseText = String.Empty;
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "GET";
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())) {
responseText = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
return responseText;
}
To POST data :
public string GetResponseText(string url, string postData) {
string responseText = String.Empty;
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentLength = postData.Length;
using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream())) {
sw.Write(postData);
}
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())) {
responseText = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
return responseText;
}
This is the single line of code I use for calls to a RESTful API that returns JSON.
return ((dynamic) JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ExpandoObject>(
new WebClient().DownloadString(
GetUri(surveyId))
)).data;
Notes
The Uri is generated off stage using the surveyId and credentials
The 'data' property is part of the de-serialized JSON object returned
by the SurveyGizmo API
The Complete Service
public static class SurveyGizmoService
{
public static string UserName { get { return WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SurveyGizmo.UserName"]; } }
public static string Password { get { return WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SurveyGizmo.Password"]; } }
public static string ApiUri { get { return WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SurveyGizmo.ApiUri"]; } }
public static string SurveyId { get { return WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SurveyGizmo.Survey"]; } }
public static dynamic GetSurvey(string surveyId = null)
{
return ((dynamic) JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ExpandoObject>(
new WebClient().DownloadString(
GetUri(surveyId))
)).data;
}
private static Uri GetUri(string surveyId = null)
{
if (surveyId == null) surveyId = SurveyId;
return new UriBuilder(ApiUri)
{
Path = "/head/survey/" + surveyId,
Query = String.Format("user:pass={0}:{1}", UserName, Password)
}.Uri;
}
}
Look into the System.Net.WebClient class. It should offer the functionality you require. For finer grained control, you might find WebRequest to be more useful, but WebClient seems the best fit for your needs.
Related
For example, I have a web page (ASP.NET MVC), where I get cookie for some resource.
My MVC controller action code:
CookieContainer cookies = new CookieContainer();
HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler();
handler.CookieContainer = cookies;
string data = "<Request><MsgType>Authenticate</MsgType><SubMsgType>Login</SubMsgType><UserID>MYLOGIN</UserID><passwordNotEncrypted>MYPASSWORD</passwordNotEncrypted></Request>";
StringContent content = new StringContent(data, Encoding.UTF8, "text/xml");
HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler);
Uri uri = new Uri("https://address/browserservices.aspx/login");
HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsync(uri, content).Result;
this request set auth cookie to cookies variable. And next request works fine:
var result = client.GetAsync("https://address/RemoteSupport.aspx?id=bla-bla-bla&pltFrmType=Android&agentversion=13.46").Result;
var text = result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
(if I call it without cookie I get Unauthorized response)
Right now I want to do a redirect to this https://address/RemoteSupport.aspx?id=bla-bla-bla&pltFrmType=Android&agentversion=13.46 address with cookie. So, user should look at it redirected to this address. How to do it?
I tried:
foreach (Cookie cookie in responseCookies)
{
Response.Cookies.Append(cookie.Name, cookie.Value);
}
return Redirect($"https://address/RemoteSupport.aspx?id={id}&pltFrmType=Android&agentversion=13.46");
but it does not work
You can't just do a Redirect. In MVC that returns a 302 status code to the browser that instructs it to make it's own request to the 3rd party site.
Using the same instance of the HttpClient you need to make a second request to the 3rd party server. This should automatically add the cookie to the new request, and you can then format the answer and pass it on to your browser client.
Ideally you should not instantiate the HttpClient in the method, as this means that you have to make 2 requests each time. Perhaps something like this:
public class MyController : Controller
{
private static readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
public MyController()
{
if (_httpClient == null)
{
CookieContainer cookies = new CookieContainer();
HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler();
handler.CookieContainer = cookies;
_httpClient = new HttpClient(handler);
LoginWithClient();
}
}
private void LoginWithClient()
{
string data = "<Request><MsgType>Authenticate</MsgType><SubMsgType>Login</SubMsgType><UserID>MYLOGIN</UserID><passwordNotEncrypted>MYPASSWORD</passwordNotEncrypted></Request>";
StringContent content = new StringContent(data, Encoding.UTF8, "text/xml");
Uri uri = new Uri("https://address/browserservices.aspx/login");
HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsync(uri, content).Result;
// Maybe check the result here, but we should have the cookie by now
}
public JsonResult MyAction()
{
var result = client.GetAsync("https://address/RemoteSupport.aspx?id=bla-bla-bla&pltFrmType=Android&agentversion=13.46").Result;
var text = result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
return Json(text, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
This should return the raw text string to the browser where you can display it, or parse it as Json or XML or whatever and work with the data.
I am attempting to add members to a group. I am able to list all groups in my org, get user by email, get all users and I can even remove a Member from a group but I cannot add one - The error returned is 400 Bad Request.
Here is the function which is the same function signature as those that work: (I do have the accesstoken, valid group id and a valid member id)
I have confirmed the body data looks correct at least as far as I can see from the example in the docs.
Not sure what else I can add to make things clearer, ask and I'll update
public async Task<string> AddGroupMember(string accessToken, string groupId, string memberId)
{
var status = string.Empty;
string endpoint = $"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{groupId}/members/$ref";
string queryParameter = "";
// pass body data
var keyOdataId = "#odata.id";
var valueODataId = $"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directoryObjects/{memberId}";
var values = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>
{
new KeyValuePair<string, string>(keyOdataId, valueODataId)
};
var body = new FormUrlEncodedContent(values);
try
{
using(var client = new HttpClient())
{
using(var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, endpoint + queryParameter))
{
request.Content = body;
request.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", accessToken);
using(var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
{
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NoContent)
status = "Member added to Group";
else
status = $"Unable to add Member to Group: {response.StatusCode}";
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
status = $"Error adding Member to Group: {ex.Message}";
}
return status;
}
Thanks for any help that anyone can offer - this is the last call I have to make then home free
Found the issue for any who care to know for the future:
var body = new FormUrl... my code was incorrect, what's needed is a simple json string changed to this UPDATED:
var jsonData = $#"{{ ""{keyOdataId}"": ""{valueODataId}"" }}";
var body = new StringContent(jsonData, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
I would normally put the values in a class but this is for proof of concept and the json key needs to look exactly like this #odata.id
Clarifying what is happening here:
The request body for this call should be JSON encoded (application/json). The FormUrlEncodedContent method returns your dictionary as Form encoded (application/x-www-form-urlencoded).
You can write the JSON by hand (like you have so far) but a better solution would be to leverage Json.NET. This will let you encode the dictionary in much the same way you were with FormUrlEncodedContent:
var values = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{ keyOdataId, valueODataId}
};
var body = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(values);
If you're going to be doing a lot of work with Microsoft Graph, I would highly recommend switching to the Microsoft Graph .NET SDK.
You're method here would be far simpler using the SDK:
public async Task<string> AddGroupMember(string groupId, string memberId)
{
GraphServiceClient graphClient = AuthenticationHelper.GetAuthenticatedClient();
User userToAdd = new User { Id = memberId };
await graphClient.Groups[groupId].Members.References.Request().AddAsync(userToAdd);
}
I have an entity: ItContract and every ItContract belongs to an organisation unit.
A user logs-in to an organisation unit and have read access to all data.
How can I set a filter on organisationUnitId on the server for every odata query?
I am using odata v4 with asp.net.
There is a way to override the queryOption you get in server side.
public IHttpActionResult Get(ODataQueryOptions<People> queryOptions)
{
// get the original request before the alterations
HttpRequestMessage originalRequest = queryOptions.Request;
// get the original URL before the alterations
string url = originalRequest.RequestUri.AbsoluteUri;
// rebuild the URL
if (queryOptions.Filter != null)
{
// apply the new filter
url = url.Replace("$filter=", "$filter=organisationUnitId%20eq%20" + organisationUnitId + ",");
}
else
{
if (url.Contains("$"))
{
url += "&";
}
url += "$filter=organisationUnitId%20eq%20" + organisationUnitId;
}
// build a new request for the filter
HttpRequestMessage req = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, url);
// reset the query options with the new request
queryOptions = new ODataQueryOptions(queryOptions.Context, req);
var result = queryOptions.ApplyTo(_db.Prople);
return Ok(result, result.GetType());
}
private IHttpActionResult Ok(object content, Type type)
{
var resultType = typeof(OkNegotiatedContentResult<>).MakeGenericType(type);
return Activator.CreateInstance(resultType, content, this) as IHttpActionResult;
}
I have overridden the built in WebClient as below. Then I call it
public class HttpWebClient : WebClient
{
private Uri _responseUri;
public Uri ResponseUri
{
get { return _responseUri; }
}
protected override WebResponse GetWebResponse(WebRequest request)
{
WebResponse response = base.GetWebResponse(request);
_responseUri = response.ResponseUri;
return response;
}
}
Then I consume it like this:
using (HttpWebClient client = new HttpWebClient())
{
client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = $"Bearer { _token }";
client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/json";
client.UploadData(_url, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(_data));
string queryString = client.ResponseUri.Query.Split('=').Last();
}
The response uri comes back with "https://login.microsoftonline" rather than url returned from the MVC controller with a query string, as it is authenticating first with that bearer token using AzureAd/OpenId. If i call it twice it returns the original _url but not the redirected one. If I remove AzureAd authentication it works fine. Is there a way to force the response uri to come back as what the MVC controller sets it to?
Assuming you use the 'UseOpenIdConnectAuthentication' and configuring it to use AAD authentication, you can modify the redirect uri by setting Notifications.RedirectToIdentityProvider, something like:
Notifications = new OpenIdConnectAuthenticationNotifications
{
RedirectToIdentityProvider = async _ =>
{
_.ProtocolMessage.RedirectUri = _.Request.Uri.ToString();
}
}
If you use something else , or maybe I didn't understand your problem - please supply more information
I saw couple of libraries which we can use to post to twitter. But I want to create my own as later we need to extend this for other social networks also .
I am using the RESTSharp to make things little easy for me.
In my controller, I wrote 2 methods..
public ActionResult TwitterLogin()
{
var authorizeUrl = TwitterService.Authorize();
if(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(authorizeUrl))
{
return Redirect(authorizeUrl);
}
else
{
return View();
}
}
public ActionResult AuthorizeCallback()
{
TwitterService.AuthorizeCallback();
return View();
}
In Twitter Service
public string Authorize()
{
client = new RestClient(BaseUrl) {Authenticator = OAuth1Authenticator.ForRequestToken(ConsumerKey, ConsumerSecret, CallbackUrl)};
var request = new RestRequest("oauth/request_token", Method.POST);
var response = client.Execute(request);
if(response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
var qs = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(response.Content);
oauth_token = qs["oauth_token"];
oauth_token_secret = qs["oauth_token_secret"];
request = new RestRequest("oauth/authorize");
request.AddParameter("oauth_token", oauth_token);
return client.BuildUri(request).ToString();
}
return String.Empty;
}
public void AuthorizeCallback()
{
var verifier = "123456"; // <-- Breakpoint here (set verifier in debugger)
var request = new RestRequest("oauth/access_token", Method.POST);
client.Authenticator = OAuth1Authenticator.ForAccessToken(ConsumerKey, ConsumerSecret, oauth_token, oauth_token_secret, verifier);
var response = client.Execute(request);
var qs = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(response.Content);
oauth_token = qs["oauth_token"];
oauth_token_secret = qs["oauth_token_secret"];
}
Now my concern is
Whether i am doing it right ?
Regarding Oauth, from what I understood , we create a request token from the twitter, ask the user to authorize it and use it to get an accesss Token and use it for signing other requests. I wrote this code primarly looking this link
https://github.com/restsharp/RestSharp/blob/master/RestSharp.IntegrationTests/oAuth1Tests.cs
Whether we can write this any better ?
Also somebody could guide me on this , how to use the RestSharp to create OAuth requests to use the API's like twitter. Most of the internet references are based on the custom libs