Image source URI requiring authorization

Question

On my WPF Window I have an Image whose UriSource is set to the URL of some image on the internet.

Answer 1

This can't be done with the tools built into WPF.

An alternative would be to create a lightweight and local HTTP proxy that has a single

• GET http://localhost:####/proxy?uri={uri}&authorization={authorization}

operation (where port #### is behind firewall) that in turn makes a

• GET {uri}

request with the supplied authorization header value.

You could then set UriSource to http://localhost:####/proxy?uri=X&authorization=Y where X is the URI-encoded URI of the secured resource you want to show and Y is the URI-encoded authorization header to send with the GET request.