Download file from web folder using .htaccess

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Hi all, I need to download a file from a web server folder which uses a .htaccess file to restrict access to the contents - how do I set the authorization from a c# Winform app ?, I can download ok if I remove the .htaccess file

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Nothing except googling which hasn't helped me.

Posted 13-Mar-16 5:03am

pkfox

Updated 13-Mar-16 5:42am

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Dave Kreskowiak 13-Mar-16 11:40am

What does your download code look like?

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-13T05:42:00

Solution 1

You might want to look at these:

c# - Webclient / HttpWebRequest with Basic Authentication returns 404 not found for valid URL - Stack Overflow[^]

http - C# // GetResponseAsync() // NetworkCredential // .htaccess on a Windows 10 IoT Raspberry Pi 2 - Stack Overflow[^]

Posted 13-Mar-16 5:42am

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pkfox 14-Mar-16 4:26am

Thanks Dave

pkfox 14-Mar-16 6:19am

I tried those examples Dave and I still get a 401 not authorized error which is not surprising I suppose as the password stored in the .htpasswd file is encrypted - I used this site to generate it
http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator/

and it looks like this
pjk:$apr1$JhJmwyV4$cgtib4PXD9NxL0iGQeg2f1

Dave Kreskowiak 14-Mar-16 8:17am

In those examples, the password is not encrypted. It's simply a string, "myusername:mypassword" encoded using Base64.

Base64 is not an encryption. Base64 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[^]

pkfox 14-Mar-16 8:14am

Apologies Dave this is what worked from one of those links

this.client.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("myusername", "myunencryptedpassword"); // where client is WebClient
I was trying it with the encrypted password before - works a treat