private static HttpWebRequest CreateWebRequest(Uri uri, AcceptType acceptType,
int timeout = SearchRequest.DefaultTimeout,
AuthenticationType authType = AuthenticationType.CurrentUser,
string sharePointSiteUrl = null,
string username = null,
string password = null,
SecureString securePassword = null,
CookieCollection authCookies = null,
string accessToken = null)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
request.Accept = acceptType == AcceptType.Json ? "application/json;odata=verbose;charset=utf-8" : "application/xml;charset=utf-8";
request.Timeout = timeout * 1000;
request.AllowAutoRedirect = true;
if (authType == AuthenticationType.CurrentUser)
{
request.ApplyDefaultCredentials();
}
else if (authType == AuthenticationType.Windows)
{
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(username))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Parameter Username cannot be empty!");
}
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password) && securePassword == null)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Parameter Password cannot be empty!");
}
request.ApplyWindowsCredentials(username, securePassword);
}
else if (authType == AuthenticationType.Forms)
{
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(username))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Parameter Username cannot be empty!");
}
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(password))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Parameter Password cannot be empty!");
}
request.ApplyFormsCredentials(sharePointSiteUrl, username, password);
}
else if (authType == AuthenticationType.SPO || authType == AuthenticationType.Forefront)
{
request.ApplyCookieCredentials(authCookies);
}
else if (authType == AuthenticationType.SPOManagement)
{
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", accessToken);
}
return(request);
}
