errors running HttpWebRequest.GetResponse - 401 unauthorized - asp.net

Question

I am using Lymbix client library for sentiment analysis.
When I run the code I am getting an error in (WebResponse)httpRequest.GetResponse(): 401-Unauthorized
(available at https://github.com/lymbix/.NET-Wrapper)
The function containing 401 error is given below:
private static string Post(string url, string data, List<string> headers)
{
HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
httpRequest.Method = "POST";
httpRequest.Accept = "application/json";
httpRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
if (headers != null)
{
foreach (string header in headers)
{
httpRequest.Headers.Add(header);
}
}
// write request?
byte[] postData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data.ToString());
httpRequest.ContentLength = postData.Length;
httpRequest.GetRequestStream().Write(postData, 0, postData.Length);
// read response
WebResponse webResponse = (WebResponse)httpRequest.GetResponse();
StreamReader webResponseStream = new StreamReader(webResponse.GetResponseStream(), Encoding.UTF8);
return webResponseStream.ReadToEnd();
}

Answer 1

It's saying you're not authorized, so you need to provide credentials.
HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
httpRequest.Method = "POST";
httpRequest.Accept = "application/json";
httpRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
httpRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username","password");
httpRequest.UseDefaultCredentials = false; //the default is false, but I included it here just to illustrate that it needs to be false in order to use the specified credentials