WebClient generates (401) Unauthorized error

Question

I have the following code running in a windows service:

WebClient webClient = new WebClient(); webClient.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("me", "12345", "evilcorp.com"); webClient.DownloadFile(downloadUrl, filePath); 

Each time, I get the following exception

{"The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized."} 

With the following inner exception:

{"The function requested is not supported"} 

I know for sure the credentials are valid, in fact, if I go to downloadUrl in my web browser and put in my credentials as evilcorp.com\me with password 12345, it downloads fine.

What is weird though is that if I specify my credentials as [email protected] with 12345, it appears to fail.

Is there a way to format credentials?

Answer 1

webClient.UseDefaultCredentials = true; resolved my issue.