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HTTP Request works in postman but doesn't work in code

I'm trying to access a website that requires login via a form.
I used the Postman HTTP client.
I tried to do the normally http post request but didn't seem to work, I get a successful status code (200 OK) but it doesn't log in, eventually did work with a GET request with BODY parameters (I hadn't seen GET request with body parameters).
Well, I tried to simulate this request in C# code with no luck, I even tried the generated code that Postman offers with no luck again.
Down below is the Postman request and the C# code snippet based on auto-generated Postman code. Does anyone know if is there to make this request with any library or if there is something that I miss?
Thank you in advance.
var client = new RestClient("https://thessalia-3.teilar.gr/login.asp");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("cache-control", "no-cache");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
request.AddHeader("Referer", "https://thessalia-3.teilar.gr/login.asp");
var parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>();
parameters["userName"] = JsonConvert.SerializeObject("myusername");
parameters["pwd"] = JsonConvert.SerializeObject("mypass");
parameters["loginTrue"] = JsonConvert.SerializeObject("extravalue");
var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(parameters);
request.AddParameter("application/x-www-form-urlencoded", content);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
Console.WriteLine(response.StatusCode);
Postman Request Photo
Edit:
Postman Request Body Parameters
I've also tried to run this but also not logged in.
Auto-generated code form Postman

If the request was successful (200) and you got the HTML page for "Invalid Credentials", then your code that's making the request should be fine and the issue is with the credentials. Like I said in my first comment, don't serialize the parameters to JSON, URL-encode them instead:
parameters["userName"] = HttpUtility.UrlEncode("myusername");
parameters["pwd"] = HttpUtility.UrlEncode("mypass");
parameters["loginTrue"] = HttpUtility.UrlEncode("extravalue");
This is the standard way and it works with writing the parameters directly to the request stream, or with a utility class like StringContent. However, since you're using the utility class FormUrlEncodedContent, it URL-encode them for you, so you don't have to. In that case, simply assign them directly as string:
parameters["userName"] = "myusername";
parameters["pwd"] = "mypass";
parameters["loginTrue"] = "extravalue";

RestSharp PUT request parameters

I'm having issues figuring out how to create a put request using RestSharp.
I need to pass an integer followed by a JSON body in the same request.
So far I have this:
for (var i = 0; i < ReorderedTasks.Count; i++) {
var reorderedTasksJson = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(ReorderedTasks[i]);
var request = new RestRequest("api/task/5/{ID}/", Method.PUT);
request.AddParameter("ID", ReorderedTasks[i].ID.ToString(), ParameterType.UrlSegment);
request.AddParameter("application/json; charset=utf-8", reorderedTasksJson, ParameterType.RequestBody);
client.Execute(request);
}
I've tested out the JSON ad requestBody on POST and it works fine. I think my issue is with the first parameter I'm trying to pass ReorderedTasks[i].ID , I'm not sure if I'm handling the passing of this correctly.
I've initialised client at the beginning of my class.
Problem is the DB isn't updating and I need to isolate the problem. Is the above the correct way in dealing with my two parameters needing passed?

I suggest to put ReorderedTasks[i].ID.ToString() directly to url path.
var request = new RestRequest($"api/task/5/{ReorderedTasks[i].ID.ToString()}/", Method.PUT);
It will help to reduce possible problems with http request format.

I'll add it here, so someone will benefit from it.
If your endpoint URL have parameters like ?param=value&param2=value that you want to pass along with request RestSharp's AddParameter(string, string) won't work with PUT method (but it works just fine with GET or if endpoint doesn't have URL parameters, so it is deceiving)
Use AddParameter(string, string, ParameterType.QueryString) in order to PUT Method work correctly.

Well it depends on what does the webApi expect..
You could use Fiddler to inspect what being sent through the wire and what response You are getting (http://www.telerik.com/fiddler)
Also - here are some sample's how other users use RestSharp
How do I use PUT in RestSharp?

How to capture JSON request message

var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("customers/xxxx/xxxxx/documents", requestMessage);
requestMessage is a C# object representation of JSON. When using PostAsJsonAsync, I do not get the same response as posting a JSON string. I want to somehow intercept, may be write to log file or somewhere and check the JSON string that is being constructed for verification.
Please suggest.

I figured it out, its simply by using the serializeobject on JsonConvert
var serializedObject = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(requestMessage);

Deserializing a local xml file using Rest Sharp

I have no problem deserializing an xml into my class while using the following code. I was wondering if it was possible to use the same code on a local file, as our source files are saved locally for archival purposes and are occasionally reprocessed.
This works for remote xml but not for local xml:
RestRequest request = new RestRequest();
var client = new RestClient();
//doesnt work
client.BaseUrl = directory;
request.Resource = file;
//works
client.BaseUrl = baseURL;
request.Resource = url2;
IRestResponse<T> response = client.Execute<T>(request);
return response.Data;
Is there a way to use RestSharp from a local file? I was going to try to use the same function regardless of whether the xml is local or remote and just pass it the location of the xml to read.

This is in fact possible using built in JsonDeserializer class as below. I have used this method to stub API response for testing.
// Read the file
string fileContents = string.Empty;
using (System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(#"C:\Path_to_File.txt"))
{
fileContents = rd.ReadToEnd();
}
// Deserialize
RestResponse<T> restResponse = new RestResponse<T>();
restResponse.Content = fileContents;
RestSharp.Deserializers.JsonDeserializer deserializer = new RestSharp.Deserializers.JsonDeserializer();
T deserializedObject = deserializer.Deserialize<T>(restResponse);

This is not possible with standard functionality. For example "file://" URLs do not work with RestSharp.
I would recommend using RestSharp do get the returned data from a Uri and having another function to deserialize this data into an object.
You can use the same funcion then to deserialize from file data.
RestSharp is a library to do REST calls, not to deserialize from arbitrary sources. Even if there is a possibility to make RestSharp believe it is talking to a website instead of a file, it would be a hack.
If you need it you could still use the XmlDeserializer from RestSharp. It expects a IRestResponse object, but it only uses the Content property from it, so it should be easy to create. It still feels like a hack though and there are more than enough other XmlSerializers out there that will do a great job

RestSharp Accept header change

I am using RestSharp for developing on the client side. I am also using Ruby Grape gem for my custom API on server side. Grape gem can do versioning by setting Accept HTTP header f.e to application/vnd.twitter-v1+json
And test command via console works perfect
curl -H Accept=application/vnd.twitter-v1+json /statuses/public_timeline
But when I am trying to set up header for RestRequest I am getting error 404 on the server.
I have no idea why so. I have found another issue that server returns 406 error - but in my case 404.
How can I put custom value for Accept header?

You can set a custom Accept header with the AddHeader method...
var client = new RestClient("http://example.com/api");
var request = new RestRequest("statuses/public_timeline", Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Accept", "application/vnd.twitter-v1+json");
var response = client.Execute(request);
var json = response.Content;
This should work fine if you are willing to deserialize the JSON yourself.
If you want to make use of the generic Execute<T> method, which does automatic deserialization for you, you will run into problems...
From the RestSharp documentation about deserialization:
RestSharp includes deserializers to process XML and JSON. Upon receiving a response, RestClient chooses the correct deserializer to use based on the Content Type returned by the server. The defaults can be overridden (see Customization). The built-in content types supported are:
application/json – JsonDeserializer
application/xml – XmlDeserializer
text/json – JsonDeserializer
text/xml – XmlDeserializer
* – XmlDeserializer (all other content types not specified)
This is saying that, by default, if the response's content type is not one of those listed, RestSharp will attempt to use the XmlDeserializer on your data. This is customizable though with extra work.