Reuse Connection with HttpWebRequest in C#

Question

I need to make a POST request using .Net.

I can authenticate by GET, and so I’m trying to make a POST request on the same connection to keep my authentication.

Answer 1

The reason you don't stay logged in is because you don't give the HttpWebRequest a CookieContainer to keep the session id in.

See the following to StackOverflow Q&A's for your possible solution:

C# keep session id over httpwebrequest

Multiple WebRequest in same session

I hope this helped.

Answer 2

Any idea how the authentication is managed on the other end? IE. If it sets a cookie, then you need to make sure you account for that, see this page, and specifically this note:

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