enter webpage authentication with webclient that's not overloaded in "System.Net.NetworkCredential" in c#

Question

I'm trying to connect and download website content that requires an authentication that is not "overloaded".

The options are:

user
user+password,
user+password+domain

I need user+subscriber+password. How can i pass this credentials?

code:

WebClient client = new WebClient(); public void search() { client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(username, subscriber, password); //not really exist Byte[] pageData = client.DownloadData("https://example.com/"); ... }

Telling us what https://thewebsite.i.need/ is will go a long way to someone being able to help you. — tomfanning
– tomfanning, Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 10:12
sorry, it's work-related internal website. you wont have access to it — Modus Ponens
– Modus Ponens, Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 10:21
@ModusRoeiPonens Please add answer to this question below and accept it when you are able in a couple of days so that we can all benefit. — rhughes
– rhughes, Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 13:28
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– David Heffernan, Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 13:28

Modus Ponens · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-13 08:41:45Z

How i solved the problem: used a POST method with improvedWebClient class, that is like webclient but one that saves cookies. you can find it here.
code:

ImprovedWebClient wc = new ImprovedWebClient(); wc.DownloadData("https://theWebSite.com"); //to enter home page and get cookie string URI = "https://theWebSite.com/authenticate"; //the login page string myParameters = "user=theUserName&subscriber_number=1234-5678&password=myPassword&commit=LogIn"; //the parameters for the website wc.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"; wc.UploadString(URI, myParameters);

thanks for the help guys.

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