Question

How can I use authentication with System.ServiceModel.Syndication to read a private RSS?

The code I use right now just returns forbidden.

I have tried adding &PASS=password and &PASSWORD=password to the URL but it doesnt help.

    try
    {
        using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("http://trac:8080/Project/report/7?format=rss&USER=enr"))
        {
            tracFeed = SyndicationFeed.Load(reader);
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }

Answer 1

@bnkdev
You are right, but something doesnt work I dont know why but it seems to be a problem on the server I guess?

    SyndicationFeed tracFeed;

    string user = "enr";
    string password = "enr";

    System.Net.WebClient wc = new System.Net.WebClient();

    wc.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(user, password);

    //this works!
    string web = wc.DownloadString("http://trac:8080/project/login/xmlrpc");

    //this gives a 403 forbidden !! :-(
    System.IO.Stream webClientStream = wc.OpenRead("http://trac:8080/project/report/7?format=rss&USER=enr");

    try
    {

        using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(webClientStream))
        {
            tracFeed = SyndicationFeed.Load(reader);
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
    finally
    {
        webClientStream.Close();
    }

Both urls work in IE, the difference is the first one immediately pops up a login window, but the second one redirects me to a page where I can log in…

So I do think something is fishy there….