Read xml from a password protected site

[David Thielen]

Hi;

If I need to parse an xml file from a password protected site - like:
XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create("http://www.cia.gov/AgentList.xml",
readerSettings);

How do I pass in the username/password so it can get the url?

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david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Dave,

This depends on what kind of authentication the server is requiring. Is it
using forms authentication or just basic ones?

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[David Thielen]

Hi;

It could be anything. We let users enter a url and then we go to pull the
xml from the url they gave us.

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"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Dave,

This depends on what kind of authentication the server is requiring. Is it
using forms authentication or just basic ones?

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Peter Flynn]

David Thielen wrote:

Hi;

If I need to parse an xml file from a password protected site - like:
XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create("http://www.cia.gov/AgentList.xml",
readerSettings);

How do I pass in the username/password so it can get the url?

http://hhoover:cr********@www.cia.gov/AgentList.html

///Peter

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Dave,

In this case, you need to use XmlDocument class, to get the xml from that
URL. There is a property named XmlResolver, which you can specify an
XmlUrlResolver object. Then you can specify the Credentials for that
resolver. For more information, you can check the following link:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...lver.credentia
ls.aspx

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[David Thielen]

I think that's the one for the fbi, not the cia <g>.

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"Peter Flynn" wrote:

David Thielen wrote:

Hi;

If I need to parse an xml file from a password protected site - like:
XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create("http://www.cia.gov/AgentList.xml",
readerSettings);

How do I pass in the username/password so it can get the url?

http://hhoover:cr********@www.cia.gov/AgentList.html

///Peter

[David Thielen]

that's it - thanks - dave

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thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com

"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Dave,

In this case, you need to use XmlDocument class, to get the xml from that
URL. There is a property named XmlResolver, which you can specify an
XmlUrlResolver object. Then you can specify the Credentials for that
resolver. For more information, you can check the following link:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...lver.credentia
ls.aspx

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

You're welcome.

Kevin Yu
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[Natrajan]

Hi;

If I need to parse an xml file from a password protected site - like:
XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create("http://www.cia.gov/AgentList.xml",
readerSettings);

How do I pass in the username/password so it can get the url?

--
thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com

HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest;
NetworkCredential netCred = new NetworkCredential("username", "password", "domainname");
myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(protectedWebSite URL);
myHttpWebRequest.Credentials = netCred;
HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();
Stream data = myHttpWebResponse.GetResponseStream(); System.Text.Encoding encode = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8");
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(data, encode);
FileStream fs = File.Create(Server.MapPath(fileName));
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
sw.Write(reader.ReadToEnd());
sw.Close();
fs.Close();

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[David Thielen]

thank you

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thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com

"Natrajan" wrote:

>

Hi;

If I need to parse an xml file from a password protected site - like:
XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create("http://www.cia.gov/AgentList.xml",
readerSettings);

How do I pass in the username/password so it can get the url?

--
thanks - dave
david_at_windward_dot_net
http://www.windwardreports.com

HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest;
NetworkCredential netCred = new NetworkCredential("username", "password", "domainname");
myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(protectedWebSite URL);
myHttpWebRequest.Credentials = netCred;
HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();
Stream data = myHttpWebResponse.GetResponseStream(); System.Text.Encoding encode = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8");
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(data, encode);
FileStream fs = File.Create(Server.MapPath(fileName));
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
sw.Write(reader.ReadToEnd());
sw.Close();
fs.Close();

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