I am trying to invoke(HTTP POST request) a REST web service from C# code passing json input. Below is the code i am using.
MyModel myModelObj = new MyModel();
myModelObj.code = "0003";
myModelObj.qty = "3";
var serializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var jsonInput = serializer.Serialize(myModelObj);
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
System.Text.UTF8Encoding encoding = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
Byte[] byteArray = encoding.GetBytes(jsonInput);
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
request.ContentType = @"application/json";
using (Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
}
try
{
using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
var responseValue = string.Empty;
if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
var message = String.Format("Request failed. Received HTTP {0}", response.StatusCode);
throw new ApplicationException(message);
}
using (var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
if (responseStream != null)
using (var reader = new StreamReader(responseStream))
{
responseValue = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
// Log exception and throw as for GET example above
}
When I run this code am getting '(400) bad request' error, but when i try to invoke the same service using a jquery ajax call it worked. below is the jquery code used for invoking.
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url:"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
dataType : "json",
data: {code:"0003", qty: "3"}
}).done(function(response, status, request) {
console.log("add cart :: ");
console.log(response);
console.log(request);
updateCartCount();
}).fail(function(error) {
console.log(error);
});
The service used in both the cases is same and the json input paramaters are also same, but I am able to get response using jquery but not in c#. For some reasons I had to implement this in C# only. Is there anything I need to change in the C# code and first of all whether my approach is correct? Can someone please help me on this? Thanks in advance! I am using .NET framework 4.5 with MVC 5. The line at which the exception raised is "using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())"
