/// <summary>
/// Get the Authentication token for the Dashboard User.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="UserName">Dashboard UserName</param>
/// <param name="Password">Password</param>
/// <returns>Authentication token</returns>
public async Task <string> GetDashboardAuthToken(string UserName, string Password)
{
string token = "";
//prepare notify endpoint
string path = string.Format("{0}Authentication/NotifEye", ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["NotifEyeIntegratedAPIEndpoint"]);
var httpClient = new HttpClient();
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", AppUtility.Base64Encode(UserName + ":" + Password));
//make api call
HttpResponseMessage response = await httpClient.GetAsync(path);
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
IEnumerable <string> values;
if (response.Headers.TryGetValues("authenticatedtoken", out values))
{
token = values.First();
}
}
return(token);
}