Proxy Basic Authentication in C#: HTTP 407 error

c# proxy httpwebrequest basic-authentication http-status-code-407
rplusg picture rplusg · Mar 7, 2012 · Viewed 126.7k times · Source

I am working with a proxy that requires authentication, i.e., in a browser if I try to open a page it will immediately ask for credentials. I supplied same credentials in my program but it fails with HTTP 407 error.

Here is my code:

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(URL);

IWebProxy proxy = WebRequest.GetSystemWebProxy();
CredentialCache cc = new CredentialCache();
NetworkCredential nc = new NetworkCredential();

nc.UserName = "userName";
nc.Password = "password";
nc.Domain = "mydomain";
cc.Add("http://20.154.23.100", 8888, "Basic", nc);
proxy.Credentials = cc;
//proxy.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
request.Proxy = proxy;
request.Proxy.Credentials = cc;
request.Credentials = cc;
request.PreAuthenticate = true;

I have tried every possible thing but seem like I am missing something. Is it something like, I have to make two requests? First with out credentials and once I hear back from server about need for credentials, make same request with credentials?

Answer

tomfanning picture tomfanning · Aug 3, 2012

This method may avoid the need to hard code or configure proxy credentials, which may be desirable.

Put this in your application configuration file - probably app.config. Visual Studio will rename it to yourappname.exe.config on build, and it will end up next to your executable. If you don't have an application configuration file, just add one using Add New Item in Visual Studio.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <system.net>
    <defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials="true" />
  </system.net>
</configuration>

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