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Maryna Nogtieva
12,005 PointsI'm getting exception The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.
When I run the program it throws me an exception : "The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized." for webClient.DownloadData method. What might be the reason of this error?
this is the line where the exception is thrown: byte[] searchResult = webClient.DownloadData(string.Format(" https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v5.0/news/search?q={0}&mkt=en-us", playerName));
I'm working with this course https://teamtreehouse.com/library/searching-for-news-headlines Here is my code from visual studio:
public static string GetNewsForPlayer(string playerName) { var webClient = new WebClient(); webClient.UseDefaultCredentials = true; byte[] searchResult = webClient.DownloadData(string.Format(" https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v5.0/news/search?q={0}&mkt=en-us", playerName)); webClient.Headers.Add("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", "d3370d54aab8448d87dd674b8fafea1b"); using (var stream = new MemoryStream(searchResult)) using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream)) { return reader.ReadToEnd(); } }
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,210 Points
The problem appears to be an invalid subscription key.
The full text of your error message is: "Access denied due to invalid subscription key. Make sure to provide a valid key for an active subscription."
Where did you get this key? It's apparently no good, which is actually fortunate as you should not post a good one in an open forum like this.
Anyway, it appears the way to resolve your issue is to replace "d3370d54aab8448d87dd674b8fafea1b" with a valid subscription key.
Maryna Nogtieva
12,005 PointsWow, thank you for help. I got this key from Bing search API. They give 2 keys, I tried them both, but it throws me an exception. Anyways, I'll try to get the right one
Maryna Nogtieva
12,005 PointsSteven Parker, the http instead of https doesn't solve the problem....
Steven Parker
231,210 PointsSteven Parker
231,210 PointsIt would help in understanding your issue if you were to show your code or link to a workspace snapshot (or github repo?). Also please link to the course page you're working with.
In the meatime — just a wild guess — did you use http protocol with a server that requires https?