I tried this:

void DeleteItemsForCategory()
        {
            try
            {
                Document parentNode = new Document(CurrentCategoryId);//use id of parent node 
                foreach (Document child in parentNode.Children)
                {
                    child.delete();
                    umbraco.library.UpdateDocumentCache(child.Id);
                }
                umbraco.library.RefreshContent();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                ExceptionReporter.ReportException(ex, "Exception Occurred Trying To Delete Items From Category");
                throw ex;
            }
        }

void CheckUserLogin()
        {
            if (HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies["UserContext"] == null || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies["UserContext"].Value))
            {
                if (Membership.Providers[UmbracoSettings.DefaultBackofficeProvider].ValidateUser("ServiceUser", "h3lt3rSkelTa*"))
                {
                    umbraco.BusinessLogic.User u = new User("ServiceUser");
                    Guid userContextId = Guid.NewGuid();
                    SqlHelper.ExecuteNonQuery("insert into umbracoUserLogins (contextID, userID, timeout) values (@contextId,'" + u.Id + "','" + (DateTime.Now.Ticks + (_ticksPrMinute * _umbracoTimeOutInMinutes)).ToString() +
                                                          "') ",
                                                          SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@contextId", userContextId));
                    HttpCookie cookie = new HttpCookie("UserContext");
                    cookie.Name = "UserContext";
                    cookie.Value = userContextId.ToString();
                    cookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1);
                    HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);
                }
            }
        }

if (itemsFromCsv.Count > 0)
                                    {
                                        CheckUserLogin();
                                        DeleteItemsForCategory();
                                        InsertItemsFromCsvLine(itemsFromCsv);
                                    }

protected override void InsertItemsFromCsvLine(List<CmsProductItem> itemsFromCsvLine)
        {
            foreach (var itemFromCsvLine in itemsFromCsvLine)
            {
                try
                {
                    DocumentType dt = DocumentType.GetByAlias("product");
                    User author = User.GetUser(0);
                    Document doc = Document.MakeNew(itemFromCsvLine.Code, dt, author, CurrentCategoryId);

                    doc.getProperty("productID").Value = itemFromCsvLine.ID;
                    doc.getProperty("productAddedDate").Value = itemFromCsvLine.ItemIsNew ? DateTime.Now : DateTime.Now.AddYears(-1);
                    doc.getProperty("productCode").Value = itemFromCsvLine.Code;
                    doc.getProperty("productDescription").Value = itemFromCsvLine.Description;
                    doc.getProperty("productSize").Value = itemFromCsvLine.Dimension;
                    doc.getProperty("productRRP_AU").Value = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(itemFromCsvLine.AURetail) ? itemFromCsvLine.AURetail : null;
                    doc.getProperty("productRRP_NZ").Value = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(itemFromCsvLine.NZRetail) ? itemFromCsvLine.NZRetail : null;
                    doc.getProperty("productRRP_SG").Value = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(itemFromCsvLine.SGRetail) ? itemFromCsvLine.SGRetail : null;

                    doc.Publish(author);
                    umbraco.library.UpdateDocumentCache(doc.Id);
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    ex.Data["currentProduct"] = itemFromCsvLine.ID;
                    throw ex;
                }

                InsertLogger.AddLine(itemFromCsvLine.Code + " (" + itemFromCsvLine.ID + ")" + (itemFromCsvLine.ItemIsNew ? " ITEM IS NEW!" : ""));
                InsertLogger.AddBlankLine(2);
            }
        }

But because the cookie is set in the single response umbraco hasn't picked it up and still thinks there is no auth

Hi,

The Umbraco webservices are using the validateCredentials method on the User object, maybe you can use that?

BusinessLogic.

User.validateCredentials(Login, Password)

Cheers,

Richard

Hi Richard.. using reflector it just looks like validateCredentials hits the db to check if the username and password are valid.. good check though.. ill poke around in reflector with the webservices and give it a look:

public static bool validateCredentials(string lname, string passw, bool checkForUmbracoConsoleAccess)
{
    string consoleCheckSql = "";
    if (checkForUmbracoConsoleAccess)
    {
        consoleCheckSql = "and userNoConsole = 0 ";
    }
    object tmp = SqlHelper.ExecuteScalar<object>("select id from umbracoUser where userDisabled = 0 " + consoleCheckSql + " and userLogin = @login and userPassword = @pw", new IParameter[] { SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@login", lname), SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@pw", passw) });
    if (tmp == null)
    {
        Log.Add(LogTypes.LoginFailure, GetUser(0), -1, "Login: '" + lname + "' failed, from IP: " + HttpContext.Current.Request.UserHostAddress);
    }
    return (tmp != null);
}

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