Consume RESt API from .NET

Question

I am trying to consume REST API from my .NET Application. This API\'s are all written in JAVA. I am asked to pass the authentication credentials vis HTTP headers. How can I pass

Answer 1

Just to add a bit of value to this thread (I too was looking for a way to consume a RESTful service and easily provide credentials and came across this thread ... I did not have the "Date" requirement), Aaron Skonnard has written an excellent article on using the WCF REST Starter Kit called:

A Developer's Guide to the WCF REST Starter Kit

There is a very informative section on how to consume a RESTful service using HttpClient. And here's the code snippet to talk to Twitter:

HttpClient http = new HttpClient("http://twitter.com/statuses/");
http.TransportSettings.Credentials =
    new NetworkCredential("{username}", "{password}");
HttpResponseMessage resp = http.Get("friends_timeline.xml");
resp.EnsureStatusIsSuccessful();
ProcessStatuses(resp.Content.ReadAsStream());