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c#authenticationasp.net-web-apiauthorizationtoken
user6321478
user6321478

Reputation:

Sending Token and Value in browser to Web api

With Postman I can do a Get and send Auth-Token as Header key , and then a value like Z4TTHmY98=gFw2rG and It goes into web api method just fine as it is checked against a custom attributes.

However, I want to use the browser

Here is the api that is hit

http://localhost:29001/api/test

My Header Key = Auth-Token
My Header value = Z4TTHmY98=gFw2rG

After reading some articles, I thought this would work but header is null in stepping through debug of web api method.

Is it possible to do with browser of not? if so , how?

http://localhost:29001/api/test?Auth-Token=Z4TTHmY98=gFw2rG

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4545

Answers (3)

Aakash Prajapati
Aakash Prajapati

Reputation: 41

AJAX request by page can use like ajaxSetup + beforeSend:

$.ajaxSetup({
    beforeSend: function(xhr) {
        xhr.setRequestHeader('Auth-Token', 'Z4TTHmY98=gFw2rG');
    }
});

Information

if you want to call third party API with same then you can use like 

objHttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("Key", "value");
objHttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation("Authorization", "zMXGa8WNQuaBxWazgUhO2dw=");

Upvotes: 0

SergGr
SergGr

Reputation: 23788

Browser opening page doesn't send custom headers. But you can send AJAX request with custom headeres you need. Following example uses jQuery.ajax

$.ajax({
  url: '/api/test',
  headers: { 'Auth-Token': 'Z4TTHmY98=gFw2rG'}
});

Update

If you want to send the same headers with each AJAX request by your page you can use ajaxSetup + beforeSend:

$.ajaxSetup({
    beforeSend: function(xhr) {
        xhr.setRequestHeader('Auth-Token', 'Z4TTHmY98=gFw2rG');
    }
});

Upvotes: 1

Venkata Dorisala
Venkata Dorisala

Reputation: 5085

Use Webapi 2 Parameter binding.

You can make a call from browser as below

 http://localhost:29001/api/test/Z4TTHmY98=gFw2rG/

[HttpGet]
[Route("/test/{AuthToken}")
public IHttpActionResult Test([FromUri] string AuthToken) 
{
    //Do whatever you want to do.
}

Careful with the route. It needs to be proper and configured in webapiconfig.

Upvotes: 0

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