No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it?

Question

Sometimes I get the following error while I was doing HttpWebRequest to a WebService. I copied my code below too.

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System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect         


        

Answer 1

it might be because of authorisation issues; that was the case for me. If you have for example: [Authorize("WriteAccess")] or [Authorize("ReadAccess")] at the top of your controller functions, try to comment them out.