System.Web.Security and generic handlers question

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So the problem is when I use a WebClient to called a generic handler which need to access User.Identity methods.

ASP.Net code (running it on page load for testing)

C#

WebClient client = new WebClient();
string result = client.DownloadString(urlBase + "/scripts/somescript.ashx?id=jdskhfk34");

and the generic handler:

C#

public class playbackCount : IHttpHandler, System.Web.SessionState.IRequiresSessionState
{

    public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
    {
        if (context.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
            {
             //code
            }
    }
}

User is logged in (and the session hasn't time out) but when I called the handler it always shows that the user is not authenticated. But if I call it directly (from browser) it indicates true (as expected).

Any suggestion on why and how to fix this.

Posted 5-Jul-12 5:50am

Zumicts

Updated 5-Jul-12 5:51am

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Zumicts 5-Jul-12 12:20pm

Bet this is just a bug or something with ASP.Net

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Wonde Tadesse · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-05T15:50:00

Before you calling the actual WebClient DownloadString functionality, You may have to set the Credentials Property to the WebClientobject. i.e

C#

WebClient client = new WebClient();
client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;// Use ASP.Net default credential

// Do Download or some other staff.
// ...

For more see MSDN[^] article.