How to pass Credential to Web Service with Basic Authentication

How to pass Credential to Web Service with Basic Authentication

 You can pass credential to web service in different ways

Ø  Manual:  Passing user Id and Password manually

Ø  Default: Get the System Credential of the application.

Ø  Network: Get the network Credential of the current security.

C#.NET code Sample for Manual

using System.Net;

// MyWebService is the web service reference to your project

MyWebService myService = new MyWebService();

myService.Timeout = -1;

myService.PreAuthenticate = true;

System.Net.CredentialCache userCredentials = new System.Net.CredentialCache();

NetworkCredential netCred = new NetworkCredential("User Id", "Password");

userCredentials.Add(new Uri(myService.Url), "Basic", netCred);

myService.Credentials = userCredentials;

You can also use Default or Network Credentials like below

C#.NET code Sample for Default Credential

// MyWebService is the web service reference to your project

MyWebService myService = new MyWebService();

myService.Timeout = -1;

myService.PreAuthenticate = true;

myService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

C#.NET code Sample for Default Network Credential

// MyWebService is the web service reference to your project

MyWebService myService = new MyWebService();

myService.Timeout = -1;

myService.PreAuthenticate = true;

myService.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;

Now you can call methods on the myService to use.