Most published WebAPI samples (e.g. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn646737.aspx) are based on the MVC and OWin infrastructure, which is not available in WebForms applications. Following is a custom implementation of an OAuth2 access token handler presented by a WPF rich client application. The WPF is responsible for managing the OAuth code grant flow to obtain the token and present […]
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Silverlight and basic authentication
Silverlight client does not support TransportCredentialOnly to enable Basic authentication. Here is some code to add the basic authentication http header to a standard Silverlight WCF proxy: ServiceReference1.ServiceClient svc = new ServiceReference1.ServiceClient(); // binding, new EndpointAddress(“any.txt://deadend.com”)); svc.GetDataUsingDataContractCompleted += (s, a) => […]