I have been trying to access a REST-based API on a Windows Phone using a few different approaches, but I seem to be running into issues with attaching cookies to the request with all of them. I have tried the WebClient
approach (which now seems to have become marked SecurityCritical, so you can no longer inherit from it and add code). I looked briefly at HttpWebRequest
which seemed cumbersome at best.
Now I am using RestSharp which seems decent to use, but I am still having problems with my cookies not being added to the request when it's sent.
My code is as follows:
// ... some additional support vars ...
private RestClient client;
public ClassName() {
client = new RestClient();
client.BaseUrl = this.baseAddress.Scheme + "://" + baseAddress.DnsSafeHost;
}
public void GetAlbumList()
{
Debug.WriteLine("Init GetAlbumList()");
if (this.previousAuthToken == null || this.previousAuthToken.Length == 0)
{
throw new MissingAuthTokenException();
}
RestRequest request = new RestRequest(this.baseUrl, Method.GET);
// Debug prints the correct key and value, but it doesnt seem to be included
// when I run the request
Debug.WriteLine("Adding cookie [" + this.gallerySessionIdKey + "] = [" + this.sessionId + "]");
request.AddParameter(this.gallerySessionIdKey, this.sessionId, ParameterType.Cookie);
request.AddParameter("g2_controller", "remote:GalleryRemote", ParameterType.GetOrPost);
request.AddParameter("g2_form[cmd]", "fetch-albums-prune", ParameterType.GetOrPost);
request.AddParameter("g2_form[protocol_version]", "2.2", ParameterType.GetOrPost);
request.AddParameter("g2_authToken", this.previousAuthToken, ParameterType.GetOrPost);
// Tried adding a no-cache header in case there was some funky caching going on
request.AddHeader("cache-control", "no-cache");
client.ExecuteAsync(request, (response) =>
{
parseResponse(response);
});
}
If anyone has any tips as to why the cookies aren't being sent to the server, please let me know :) I am using RestSharp 101.3 and .Net 4.
RestSharp 102.4 seems to have fixed this problem.
request.AddParameter(_cookie_name, _cookie_value, ParameterType.Cookie);
or, in your case
request.AddParameter(this.gallerySessionIdKey, this.sessionId, ParameterType.Cookie);
will work fine.