C# Can I return HttpWebResponse result to iframe - Uses Digest authentication
- by chadsxe
I am trying to figure out a way to display a cross-domain web page that uses Digest Authentication. My initial thought was to make a web request and return the entire page source. I currently have no issues with authenticating and getting a response but I am not sure how to properly return the needed data.
// Create a request for the URL.
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://some-url/cgi/image.php?type=live");
// Set the credentials.
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(username, password);
// Get the response.
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
// Get the stream containing content returned by the server.
Stream dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();
// Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
// Read the content.
string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
// Clean up the streams and the response.
reader.Close();
dataStream.Close();
response.Close();
return responseFromServer;
My problems are currently...
responseFromServer is not returning the entire source of the page. I.E. missing body and head tags
The data is encoded improperly in responseFromServer. I believe this has something to do with the transfer encoding being of the type chunked.
Further more...
I am not entirely sure if this is even possible.
If it matters, this is being done in ASP.NET MVC 4 C#.
Thanks,
Chad
