Adding basic HTTP auth to a WCF REST service

Question

I have a WCF HTTP REST Service and I tie into it with an HTTP client in a different programming language who writes its own custom HTTP. I would like to add WWW-Authenticate

Answer 1

Just to add to this, Chrome will not load the login dialog unless you change "BasicRealm" to "BasicRealm=site" in the OnEndRequest method:

    public void OnEndRequest(object source, EventArgs eventArgs)
    {
        if (HttpContext.Current.Response.StatusCode == 401)
        {
            //if the status is 401 the WWW-Authenticated is added to 
            //the response so client knows it needs to send credentials 
            HttpContext context = HttpContext.Current;
            context.Response.StatusCode = 401;
            context.Response.AddHeader("WWW-Authenticate", "Basic Realm=site");
        }
    }

And thanks, this is such a simple solution.