Call ServiceStack API Programmatically - servicestack

Question

What are the best ways to call a servicestack API from asp.net website. Service is running in IIS.
All the methods inside the service stack require authentication first.
I tried with JsonServiceClient and HttpWebRequest. First time when I authenticate, service gives me cookies
ss-id and ss-pid and I store in cookies collection. Now when I request another method It says, You are not authorised.
The problem is, in the second request Cookies are not maintained. However if you test the service from browser it self. It do create cookies first during Authorization and in second request, It gives you proper response.
Below is my code. With JsonServiceClient and HttpWebRequest
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Index(Login loginModel)
{
#region ServiceStack Call
HttpCookie ck;
string baseUrl = "http://192.168.1.101";
var client = new JsonServiceClient(baseUrl);
var authResponse = client.Send<AuthenticateResponse>(new Authenticate
{
UserName = loginModel.UserName,
Password = loginModel.Password,
RememberMe = true
});
foreach (System.Net.Cookie cookie in client.CookieContainer.GetCookies(new Uri(baseUrl)))
{
if (cookie.Name == "ss-id")
{
ck = new HttpCookie(cookie.Name);
ck.Value = cookie.Value;
ck.Expires.AddDays(1); //Check when to expire the cookie
Response.Cookies.Add(ck);
}
}
}
Below Code with HttpWebRequest
protected string CallToApi(string baseUrl, bool createCookie)
{
CookieContainer cc = new CookieContainer();
System.Uri uri = new Uri(baseUrl);
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
request.ContentType = #"application/json; charset=utf-8";
request.Timeout = 200000;
request.Accept = "application/json";
request.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
try
{
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
if (reader != null)
{
if (createCookie)
{
//Create Cookies
}
}
return reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
How to give call to second method?
http://192.168.1.101/api/teamleaders URL
When calling this Url, Can I persist my cookies? or there must be out of the box in ServiceStack itself.

Answer 1

The JsonServiceClient should persist cookies. I've used the following code (with the default CredentialsAuthProvider) successfully:
var client = new JsonServiceClient(baseUri);
var authResponse = client.Post(new Auth
{
provider = CredentialsAuthProvider.Name,
UserName = "username",
Password = "password",
RememberMe = true
});
Note: this is with version 3.9.71, NOT the new v4 stack which I haven't yet had the opportunity to upgrade to. The same 'should' work with a custom auth provider inheriting from CredentialsAuthProvider.