Pre-emptive basic HTTP authentication

[nicolabeghin]

Hi everyone
does anyone know how to get pre-emptive Basic HTTP authentication working with SimpleSOAPClient?
If it's not supported explicitly, it should be enough to wrangle the HTTP headers, adding "Authorization: base64encode(user:password)".

Having access to the underlying HttpClient, it should be a matter of

HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler);
var byteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("username:password1234");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(byteArray));

thanks
nicola

[nicolabeghin]

Found it, closing the issue!

string clearTextCredentials = string.Format("{0}:{1}", SAP_USERNAME, SAP_PASSWORD);
client.HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(clearTextCredentials)));

[gravity00]

You could also add an ISoapHandler to the client and before each request, using the OnHttpRequest event, assign the header to the HttpRequestMessage (property OnHttpRequestArguments.Request).