C# demo with HttpWebRequest connecting to Stormpath API

HttpWebRequestDemo.cs

// NOTE: This code is deprecated in favor of the Stormpath .NET SDK
// see https://docs.stormpath.com/csharp/product-guide/latest/quickstart.html

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

// Demo of using WebRequest to do raw (authenticated) API requests against Stormpath.
// It's much easier with the SDK library :) https://github.com/stormpath/stormpath-sdk-dotnet

namespace HttpWebRequestDemo
{
    class Program
    {
        // Get these from your Stormpath admin console
        private static string API_KEY_ID = "Your_Stormpath_API_key_ID";
        private static string API_KEY_SECRET = "Your_Stormpath_API_key_secret";

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // First, we need to get the current tenant's actual URL
            string tenantUrl = null;
            var getCurrentTenantRequest = BuildRequest("GET", "https://api.stormpath.com/v1/tenants/current");

            try
            {
                using (var response = getCurrentTenantRequest.GetResponse())
                {
                    tenantUrl = response.Headers["Location"];
                }
            }
            catch (WebException wex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Request failed. {0}", wex.Message);
                throw;
            }

            // Now that we have the real tenant URL, get the tenant info
            string tenantData = null;
            var getTenantInfoRequest = BuildRequest("GET", tenantUrl);

            try
            {
                using (var response = getTenantInfoRequest.GetResponse())
                using (var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
                using (var reader = new StreamReader(responseStream))
                {
                    tenantData = reader.ReadToEnd();
                }
            }
            catch (WebException wex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Request failed. {0}", wex.Message);
                throw;
            }

            // Use JSON.NET to parse the data and get the tenant name
            var parsedData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, object>>(tenantData);
            Console.WriteLine("Current tenant is: {0}", parsedData["name"]);

            // Wait for user input
            Console.ReadKey(false);
        }

        private static HttpWebRequest BuildRequest(string method, string uri)
        {
            // Set up request
            var request = WebRequest.Create(uri) as HttpWebRequest;
            request.UserAgent = "dotnet/csharp web-request";
            request.Method = method;
            request.ContentType = "application/json";

            // Important, otherwise the WebRequest will try to auto-follow
            // 302 redirects without applying the authorization header to the
            // subsequent requests.
            request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;

            // Construct HTTP Basic authorization header
            var authPayload = string.Format("{0}:{1}", API_KEY_ID, API_KEY_SECRET);
            var authPayloadEncoded = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authPayload));
            request.Headers.Add(HttpRequestHeader.Authorization, "Basic " + authPayloadEncoded);

            return request;
        }
    }
}