How can I create using C# and HttpClient the following POST request:
I need such a request for my WEB API service:
[ActionName(\"exist\")]
[System.Web.Mvc.HttpPost]
public bool CheckIfUserExist([FromBody] string login)
{
bool result = _membershipProvider.CheckIfExist(login);
return result;
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Task.Run(() => MainAsync());
Console.ReadLine();
}
static async Task MainAsync()
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.BaseAddress = new Uri(\"http://localhost:6740\");
var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[]
{
new KeyValuePair<string, string>(\"\", \"login\")
});
var result = await client.PostAsync(\"/api/Membership/exists\", content);
string resultContent = await result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(resultContent);
}
}
}
Below is example to call synchronously but you can easily change to async by using await-sync:
var pairs = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>
{
new KeyValuePair<string, string>(\"login\", \"abc\")
};
var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(pairs);
var client = new HttpClient {BaseAddress = new Uri(\"http://localhost:6740\")};
// call sync
var response = client.PostAsync(\"/api/membership/exist\", content).Result;
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
}
There is an article about your question on asp.net\'s website. I hope it can help you.
How to call an api with asp net
http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/advanced/calling-a-web-api-from-a-net-client
Here is a small part from the POST section of the article
The following code sends a POST request that contains a Product instance in JSON format:
// HTTP POST
var gizmo = new Product() { Name = \"Gizmo\", Price = 100, Category = \"Widget\" };
response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync(\"api/products\", gizmo);
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
// Get the URI of the created resource.
Uri gizmoUrl = response.Headers.Location;
}
You could do something like this
HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(\"http://localhost:6740/api/Membership/exist\");
req.Method = \"POST\";
req.ContentType = \"application/x-www-form-urlencoded\";
req.ContentLength = 6;
StreamWriter streamOut = new StreamWriter(req.GetRequestStream(), System.Text.Encoding.ASCII);
streamOut.Write(strRequest);
streamOut.Close();
StreamReader streamIn = new StreamReader(req.GetResponse().GetResponseStream());
string strResponse = streamIn.ReadToEnd();
streamIn.Close();
And then strReponse should contain the values returned by your webservice