How do you call an authenticated ServiceStack service once the client is authenticated using OAuth? - servicestack

Question

Lets say I have a web client (i.e. MVC 4 client) that authenticates users using an oAuth provider (i.e. Facebook, Google etc).
I want to call another web service in my client logic, and that web service also authenticates with oAuth providers.
What would the web service request look like from the client? What do I need to pass to the web service?

Answer 1

I suggest you review this question, How do I authorize access to ServiceStack resources using OAuth2 access tokens via DotNetOpenAuth?. The poster provided his final solution, including a link to a sample solution, which he has graciously open sourced. The client side code, for his solution, looks like this:
// Create the ServiceStack API client and the request DTO
var apiClient = new JsonServiceClient("http://api.mysite.com/");
var apiRequestDto = new Shortlists { Name = "dylan" };
// Wire up the ServiceStack client filter so that DotNetOpenAuth can
// add the authorization header before the request is sent
// to the API server
apiClient.LocalHttpWebRequestFilter = request => {
// This is the magic line that makes all the client-side magic work :)
ClientBase.AuthorizeRequest(request, accessTokenTextBox.Text);
}
// Send the API request and dump the response to our output TextBox
var helloResponseDto = apiClient.Get(apiRequestDto);
Console.WriteLine(helloResponseDto.Result);
A similar solution is provided here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/13791078/149060 which demonstrates request signing as per OAuth 1.0a
var client = new JsonServiceClient (baseUri);
client.LocalHttpWebRequestFilter += (request) => {
// compute signature using request and a previously obtained
// access token
string authorization_header = CalculateSignature (request, access_token);
request.Headers.Add ("Authorization", authorization_header);
};
var response = client.Get<MySecuredResponse> ("/my/service");
You will, of course, need to adjust to fit the requirements of your OAuth providers, i.e. signing, token, etc.