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  1. Add References to System.Runtime.Serialization and System.Net
  2. Add the nuget package Newtonsoft.Json
  3. Add a new class file to the project and paste the code from the code generator of the API - you can get this by clicking on the "Generate C#" link on the metadata page:
    Image Added

  4. Create a cookie aware WebClient using this code:

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    languagec#
    titleCookie Aware WebClient
    public class CookieAwareWebClient : WebClient
{
	public CookieAwareWebClient()
	{
		CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
	}
	public CookieContainer CookieContainer { get; private set; }

	protected override WebRequest GetWebRequest(Uri address)
	{
		var request = (HttpWebRequest)base.GetWebRequest(address);
		request.CookieContainer = CookieContainer;
		return request;
	}
}

  5. Add the following code:

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    languagec#
    titleUsing WebClient
    using (var webclient = new CookieAwareWebClient())
{
	var reqparm = new System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection();
	reqparm.Add("username", "api");
	reqparm.Add("password", "password");
	byte[] responsebytes = webclient.UploadValues("http://api.jiwa.com.au/auth", "POST", reqparm);
	string responsebody = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(responsebytes);

	ServiceStack.AuthenticateResponse webClientAuthResponse = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ServiceStack.AuthenticateResponse>(responsebody);

	// Read a debtor
	responsebody = webclient.DownloadString("http://api.jiwa.com.au:80/debtor/1001");                
	JiwaFinancials.Jiwa.JiwaServiceModel.DebtorGetResponse webClientDebtorGetResponse = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JiwaFinancials.Jiwa.JiwaServiceModel.DebtorGetResponse>(responsebody);
}

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