Using uTorrent Web API via .NET

Question

I'm trying to get list of torrents from uTorrent using Web API. Getting required token goes O.K.:

WebClient client = new WebClient() { Credentials = new NetworkCredential(UserName, pass) };
StreamReader Reader = new StreamReader(client.OpenRead("http://localhost:" + port + "/gui/token.html"));
string token = Reader.ReadToEnd();
token = token.Split('>')[2].Split('<')[0]; 
// token is now something like 3LemfrO_-A-SNBXlnQ2QcQWTYydx7qOqKb1W1S54JJW74Ly3EYGgu0xQSU4AAAAA

But when I try to use it to get list of torrents:

Reader = new StreamReader(client.OpenRead("http://localhost:" + port + "/gui/?list=1&token=" + token));

all I get is "Error 400 Bad request".

I've tried to get token manually. In browser page "http://localhost:30303/gui/?list=1&token=3LemfrO_-A-SNBXlnQ2QcQWTYydx7qOqKb1W1S54JJW74Ly3EYGgu0xQSU4AAAAA" opens as it should, but in C# with the same link without any variables I still get error 400. The interesting part is that if switch off token authentication WebClient load page perfectly with and without

"&token=3LemfrO_-A-SNBXlnQ2QcQWTYydx7qOqKb1W1S54JJW74Ly3EYGgu0xQSU4AAAAA"

but token auth enabled by default, so my and any app should use it. And yes, WebRequest/HttpWebRequest didn't help also.

P.S. sorry for my English, I was never able to make it work right

Answer 1

you have to save the cookie from the request

Classes.CookieAwareWebClient client = new Classes.CookieAwareWebClient() { Credentials = new NetworkCredential("shehab", "shehab") };
StreamReader Reader = new StreamReader(client.OpenRead("http://localhost:" + "8080" + "/gui/token.html"));
string token = HtmlRemoval.StripTagsRegexCompiled(Reader.ReadToEnd());
MessageBox.Show(token);

Reader = new StreamReader(client.OpenRead("http://localhost:" + "8080" + "/gui/?list=1&token=" + token));
MessageBox.Show(Reader.ReadToEnd());

and for the cookie aware class go to the following link(Using CookieContainer with WebClient class) as web client doesn't support cookies.