Export a report from Telerik Report Server via .NET Client

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AUTHOR: Stephania Tapela

DATE POSTED: July 07, 2017

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Telerik Report Server

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Stef, Telerik
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July 7, 2017


FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION
Export a report from Telerik Report Server via .NET Client.


DESCRIPTION
Telerik Report Server has its REST API exposed allowing you to consume resources from third-party applications as an administrator, after logging in. You can find examples with JavaScript client in the REST API section of the online documentation:
  • Login and saving the access token for further usage;
  • Resources - listing resources like reports available on the Report Server;
  • Export a report by getting its ID first.
More details about the available REST API Reference.

SOLUTION 
The same JavaScript client can be written as a .NET client that executes requests and handles their response in code:
C#:
class Program
   {
       static HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
       static string reportServerAddress = "http://localhost:83/";
       static string serverREStAPI = reportServerAddress + "api/reportserver/";
       static void Main(string[] args)
       {
           Console.WriteLine("Demo started");
           RunAsync().Wait();
 
           Console.WriteLine("Demo ended");
           Console.ReadLine();
       }
 
       static async Task RunAsync()
       {
           // Our .NET Client
           client.BaseAddress = new Uri(serverREStAPI);
           client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
           client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
 
           //log the user to allow further operations
           var userToken = LogIn("admin", "admin123");
 
           //authorize further requests
           client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", userToken);
 
           //list all reports
           var reports = await GetReportsAsync(serverREStAPI + "reports");
 
           //get document id for first report
           var firstReportId = reports[0]["Id"];
           var documentID = await ExportReportAsync(serverREStAPI + "documents", "PDF", firstReportId, "");
 
 
           //download PDF from documentID
           DownloadPDF(serverREStAPI + "documents/", documentID, false);
       }
 
       //log user
       static string LogIn(string usernameInput, string passwordInput)
       {
           var data = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[]{
              new KeyValuePair<string, string>( "grant_type" ,"password" ),
               new KeyValuePair<string, string>( "username" , usernameInput ),
               new KeyValuePair<string, string>( "password" , passwordInput )
           });
           // "grant_type=password&username=" + usernameInput + "&password=" + passwordInput;
 
           HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsync(reportServerAddress + "Token", data).Result;
           response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
 
           var serializer = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer();
           dynamic result = serializer.DeserializeObject(response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result);
           return result["access_token"];
       }
 
       //list categories
       static async Task<List<Dictionary<string, string>>> GetReportsAsync(string path)
       {
           List<Dictionary<string, string>> reports = null;
 
 
           HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(path);
           if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
           {
               reports = await response.Content.ReadAsAsync<List<Dictionary<string, string>>>();
           }
           return reports;
       }
 
       //export in PDF a report
       static async Task<string> ExportReportAsync(string path, string format, string reportId, string parameterValuesJSONSerieliazed)
       {
           var data = new { ReportId = reportId, Format = format, ParameterValues = parameterValuesJSONSerieliazed };
           HttpResponseMessage response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync(path, data);
           response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
 
           var serializer = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer();
           dynamic result = serializer.DeserializeObject(response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result);
           return result["DocumentId"];
       }
 
       //download PDF
       static void DownloadPDF(string path, string documentID, bool asAttachment)
       {
           var queryString = "";
 
           if (asAttachment)
           {
               queryString += "?content-disposition=attachment";
           }
 
           string fileName = "test1.pdf";
           string folderName = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath();
           string filePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(folderName, fileName);
           using (System.Net.WebClient myWebClient = new System.Net.WebClient())
           {
               myWebClient.DownloadFile(path + documentID + queryString, filePath);
           }
 
           System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(filePath);
       }
   }


Please note that this is not an end solution, but an example illustrating how to format a request to the Report Server and the type of information returned in responses. You can use any other client to submit requests and get responses by the Report Server.

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