c# code to fetch http response code of a intranet application as a specific user

Question

I'm trying to test if a intranet web application is up using C#. And i tried it using the below code, but it gave me a 401 error though i have access to the app. And in the Angelfish logs i do not see user name for the get request. How can i improve the below code to create the get request as myself.

HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
// Sends the HttpWebRequest and waits for a response.
HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();
if (myHttpWebResponse.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
        Console.WriteLine("\r\nResponse Status Code is OK and StatusDescription is: {0}",
                          myHttpWebResponse.StatusDescription);
// Releases the resources of the response.
myHttpWebResponse.Close();

why do you think that you have access? are you sending proper headers (auth/user-agent/etc)? — Iłya Bursov, Jun 14 '19 at 20:20
Try this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1520722/9365244 — JayV, Jun 14 '19 at 20:21
when i hit the same url using browser i'm able to access the app, in the request i'm just sending the url and nothing else — Py_learner, Jun 14 '19 at 20:23
@JayV, thanks for the link - is there a way to fetch just the status code — Py_learner, Jun 14 '19 at 20:41
@Py_learner The `HttoResponse` object has a property call `StatusCode`. This is the documentation for it: [HttpWebResponse.StatusCode Property](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.net.httpwebresponse.statuscode?view=netframework-4.8) — JayV, Jun 14 '19 at 20:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '19 at 21:50

working code -

WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create(url);
req.AuthenticationLevel = System.Net.Security.AuthenticationLevel.MutualAuthRequested;
req.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();
if (myHttpWebResponse.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
Console.WriteLine("\r\nResponse Status Code is OK and StatusDescription is: {0}", myHttpWebResponse.StatusDescription);
}
// Releases the resources of the response.
myHttpWebResponse.Close();

c# code to fetch http response code of a intranet application as a specific user

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