RestSharp authentication with Api Id and Api Key

Question

I have to call a restful API, but the only details I have are an API ID and an API key.

I am trying to use Restsharp library code like this.

  var client = new RestClient("https://xxxxxxx");
  client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("xxxxx", "yyyyyy");

I get a 401 authorization required error.

Could you please point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Here is the solution that i came up with.

this returns the client object

private RestClient InitializeAndGetClient()
        {
            var cookieJar = new CookieContainer();
            var client = new RestClient("https://xxxxxxx")
            {
                Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("xxIDxx", "xxKeyxx"),
                CookieContainer = cookieJar
            };

            return client;
        }

and you can use the method like

            var client = InitializeAndGetClient();
            var request = new RestRequest("report/transaction", Method.GET);

            request.AddParameter("option", "value");



            //Run once to get cookie.
            var response = client.Execute(request);

            //Run second time to get actual data
            response = client.Execute(request);

Hope this helps you.

Prakash.