topic Re: FeatureLayer with Tokens in .NET Maps SDK Questions

FeatureLayer with Tokens

JeffBoyton — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:53:37 GMT

I am connection to a Map Service that requires a token and this code works to get the list of layers (where url is something like http://myhost/arcgis/rest/services/MapServer?token=abcdefg😞

using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.BaseAddress = new Uri(url + "&f=pjson");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
return client.GetAsync("").Result;
}

I then want to go through each layer and add it as a feature layer to a map (where layerUrl looks like http://myhost/arcgis/rest/services/MapServer/5?token=abcdefg)

Uri serviceUri = new Uri(layerUrl);
FeatureLayer layer = new FeatureLayer(serviceUri);

await layer.LoadAsync();
Map.OperationalLayers.Add(layer);

This does not seem to be working. I am getting no errors, but the layer is also showing no features. Is it obvious what I am doing wrong?

Re: FeatureLayer with Tokens

Anonymous User — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:33:27 GMT

Hello,

Is this a custom token parameter that is specific to your environment?

Re: FeatureLayer with Tokens

JeffBoyton — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:41:34 GMT

No, this would be a security token created for a 'secure' map service. I am actually simulating the existence of this token parameter (this is a customer environment I do not have access to) by putting '?blah=blah' at the end of the REST url.

Re: FeatureLayer with Tokens

Anonymous User — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 23:19:02 GMT

Do you have the credentials for the user's ArcGIS Server (username and password)?

If yes, then you can try using the following code to generate tokens

MyView1.Map = new Map(Basemap.CreateImagery()); Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Security.AuthenticationManager.Current.ChallengeHandler = new ChallengeHandler( async info => await Esri.ArcGISRuntime.Security.AuthenticationManager.Current.GenerateCredentialAsync (info.ServiceUri, "username", "password", info.GenerateTokenOptions)); var featureURL = "http://myhost/arcgis/rest/services/MapServer/5"; var layer = new FeatureLayer(new Uri(wms)); await layer.LoadAsync(); MyView1.Map.OperationalLayers.Add(layer);

Re: FeatureLayer with Tokens

JeffBoyton — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 23:33:42 GMT

I do not have a username/password (which is why I am using a generated token).

Re: FeatureLayer with Tokens

Anonymous User — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:29:56 GMT

The recommended way to authenticate is to generate tokens using the AuthenticationManager as done above. But if you already have a token, you can add it to the outgoing request by doing something like this

ArcGISHttpClientHandler.HttpRequestBegin += (a, b) => { if (b.RequestUri.OriginalString.Contains(mapserverUrl)) { b.RequestUri = new Uri(b.RequestUri + "token=abcdefg"); } //OR try adding the token as part of the header if (b.RequestUri.OriginalString.Contains(mapserverUrl)) { b.Headers.Add("X-Esri-Authorization", "My Custom Header"); } }; ArcGISHttpClientHandler.HttpResponseEnd += (a, b) => { // Check for response codes here };

Re: FeatureLayer with Tokens

Anonymous User — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:33:39 GMT

Checking the layerViewState for errors is a good way to debug your code. The spatial reference of the features and that of the map should be the same for the features to be displayed on the map. Also, if you want to parse the MapServer to get the layer ids, you can try doing something like this (using ServiceGeoDatabase instead)

Re: FeatureLayer with Tokens

JeffBoyton — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:15:25 GMT

In this code snippet, how are you giving the FeatureLayer the security token (line 17)?

Re: FeatureLayer with Tokens

Anonymous User — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:47:27 GMT

If you use the authentication code mentioned in my previous reply then every time a request is made to the requestUri, the Clienthandler will kick in and add the token/authorization header to the outgoing request.

Re: FeatureLayer with Tokens

Marc_Alx — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 16:10:22 GMT

Thanks this is how I've done !

Just using an UriBuilder to not mess with other get parameters.

var uriBuilder = new UriBuilder(b.RequestUri.AbsoluteUri); var query = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(uriBuilder.Query); //apply token query["token"] = "<add your token here>"; uriBuilder.Query = query.ToString(); //update uri b.RequestUri = uriBuilder.Uri;

Re: FeatureLayer with Tokens

Marc_Alx — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:46:24 GMT

As of 200.8.1 you should switch to the following method:

1. Implement IHttpMessageInterceptor

public class MyInterceptor: IHttpMessageInterceptor { public Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpMessageInvoker invoker, HttpRequestMessage message, CancellationToken cancellationToken) { //work with message here (to add token in RequestUri...) return invoker.SendAsync(message, cancellationToken); } }

2. Resgister your interceptor at ArcGIS initialization:

ArcGISRuntimeEnvironment.Initialize((conf) => { conf.ConfigureHttp((httpConf)=>httpConf.UseHttpMessageInterceptor(new MyInterCeptor())); });