How to pass credentials to httpwebrequest for accessing SharePoint Library

Question

I m trying to read files from a SharePoint document library using HttpWebRequest   In order to do that I have to pass some credentials   I m using the below request   HttpWebRequest request    HttpWebRequest WebRequest Create url   request Method    GET   request ContentType    application msexcel   request UserAgent    Mozilla 4 0  compatible  MSIE 5 01  Windows NT 5 0   request Credentials   new NetworkCredential UserName  PassWord     Is this the correct way to pass credentials

User · Answer

If you need to run request as the current user from desktop application use CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials (see on MSDN).

Your code looks fine if you need to run a request from server side code or under a different user.

Please note that you should be careful when storing passwords - consider using the SecureString version of the constructor.

User · Answer

If you need to set the credentials on the fly  have a look at this source   http   spc3 codeplex com SourceControl changeset view 57957 1015709  private ICredentials BuildCredentials string siteurl  string username  string password  string authtype        NetworkCredential cred      if  username Contains                  string domain   username Substring 0  username IndexOf                 username   username Substring username IndexOf         1           cred   new System Net NetworkCredential username  password  domain         else           cred   new System Net NetworkCredential username  password             CredentialCache cache   new CredentialCache        if  authtype Contains                 authtype   authtype Substring authtype IndexOf        1     remove the TMG  prefix           cache Add new Uri siteurl   authtype  cred       return cache

User · Answer

You could also use   request Credentials   System Net CredentialCache DefaultNetworkCredentials

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