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How to pass Json Content in request Body Using http client with DeleteAsync Method (C#)?

Need to pass Json Content in Request body using http client DeleAsync Method in C#.Not able to pass the Request body in DeleteAsync Method.
HttpClient client=new HttpClient();
var Ids = new[] { 100,202,304,866 };
string endpoint=" URL goes here";
string jsonString = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(Ids);
var RequestBody = new StringContent(jsonString, Encoding.UTF8);
var response = client.DeleteAsync(endpoint,RequestBody).Result;

You can do like this. As far as I know you can't have body in DeleteAsync
object jsonObj;
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
{
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
Method = HttpMethod.Delete,
RequestUri = new Uri("yourUrl"),
Content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jsonObj), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
};
var response = await client.SendAsync(request);

HttpRequestMessage.Method set to Post, but it Gets instead

//request init
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
Method = HttpMethod.Post,
RequestUri = new Uri(client.BaseAddress + ""),
Content = jsonContent
};
Console.WriteLine(request.Method);
var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.RequestMessage);
The Request message shows that it was sent as GET, even though I set Method to Post

I think your endpoint is doing a redirect, try turning that off via the HttpClientHandler.
var handler = new HttpClientHandler();
handler.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
var client = new HttpClient(handler);
// Do your work.

your code is doing the right thing. here's a console app that does the same thing, and the outcome is the right one. an Https POST call is done to the configured URL.
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
namespace testapicall
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
Method = HttpMethod.Post,
RequestUri = new Uri("https://google.com")
};
Console.WriteLine(request.Method);
var response = client.SendAsync(request).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
Console.WriteLine(response.RequestMessage);
}
}
}
and here's the console log output: Method: POST, RequestUri: https://google.com/', Version: 1.1, Content: , Headers:{}
what is the resource behind the URL you're trying to call doing? Maybe it is redirecting to another resource, by doing a GET request.

I recommend to use the RestClient to execute the Rest APIs.
Please refer the following URL and sample code
https://restsharp.dev/
var client = new RestClient("URL");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
request.AddHeader("accept", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("parameter name", "values");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
var data = (JObject)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(response.Content);

How do you use Basic Authentication with System.Net.Http.HttpClient?

I'm trying to implement a rest client in c# .net core that needs to first do Basic Authentication, then leverage a Bearer token in subsequent requests.
When I try to do Basic Authentication in combination with client.PostAsync with a FormUrlEncodedContent object, I'm getting an exception:
System.InvalidOperationException occurred in System.Net.Http.dll: 'Misused header name. Make sure request headers are used with HttpRequestMessage, response headers with HttpResponseMessage, and content headers with HttpContent objects.'
//setup reusable http client
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
Uri baseUri = new Uri(url);
client.BaseAddress = baseUri;
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.ConnectionClose = true;
//Post body content
var values = new List<KeyValuePair<string,string>>();
values.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("grant_type", "client_credentials"));
var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(values);
//Basic Authentication
var authenticationString = $"{clientId}:{clientSecret}";
var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(authenticationString));
content.Headers.Add("Authorization", $"Basic {base64EncodedAuthenticationString}");
//make the request
var task = client.PostAsync("/oauth2/token",content);
var response = task.Result;
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string responseBody = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
Exception has occurred: CLR/System.InvalidOperationException
An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Net.Http.dll: 'Misused header name. Make sure request headers are used with HttpRequestMessage, response headers with HttpResponseMessage, and content headers with HttpContent objects.'
at System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpHeaders.GetHeaderDescriptor(String name)
at System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpHeaders.Add(String name, String value)

It looks like you can't use PostAsync and have access to mess with the Headers for authentication. I had to use an HttpRequestMessage and SendAsync.
//setup reusable http client
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
Uri baseUri = new Uri(url);
client.BaseAddress = baseUri;
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.ConnectionClose = true;
//Post body content
var values = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
values.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("grant_type", "client_credentials"));
var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(values);
var authenticationString = $"{clientId}:{clientSecret}";
var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(authenticationString));
var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "/oauth2/token");
requestMessage.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", base64EncodedAuthenticationString);
requestMessage.Content = content;
//make the request
var task = client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
var response = task.Result;
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string responseBody = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
Console.WriteLine(responseBody);

It's not a good practice to create HttpClients explicitly from your calling code.
Please use HttpClientFactory that simplifies a lot of things.
However, if you want to use basic authentication, just create an HttpRequestMessage and add the following header:
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, getPath)
{
Content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(values)
};
request.Headers.Authorization = new BasicAuthenticationHeaderValue("username", "password");
// other settings
If you decide to use a recommended IHttpClientFactory it's even simpler:
serviceCollection.AddHttpClient(c =>
{
c.BaseAddress = new Uri("your base url");
c.SetBasicAuthentication("username", "password");
})

Don't encode the whole authentication string - encode the "Username:Password" expression and append the result to the "Basic " prefix.
var authenticationString = $"{clientId}:{clientSecret}";
var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authenticationString));
content.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64EncodedAuthenticationString);
Also, consider using just ASCII encoding - the UTF8 may not be understood by the server unless you add a charset declaration to the header.
Wikipedia seems to cover this quite well.

The specific problem is this line (below)
content.Headers.Add("Authorization", $"Basic {base64EncodedAuthenticationString}");
This fails because HttpContent.Headers (System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpContentHeaders) is only for headers that are content-specific, such as Content-Type, Content-Length, and so on.
You've stated that you can't use DefaultRequestHeaders because you only need it for a single request - but you also can't use it with PostAsync - only SendAsync provided you construct the HttpRequestMessage yourself, as per your own answer and #NeilMoss' answer - but you could use an extension-method in future.
But for the benefit of other readers, another alternative is to add a new extension method based on the existing PostAsync, which is actually really simple (only 3 lines!):
public Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsync( this HttpClient httpClient, Uri requestUri, HttpContent content, String basicUserName, String basicPassword, String? challengeCharSet = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default )
{
if( basicUserName.IndexOf(':') > -1 ) throw new ArgumentException( message: "RFC 7617 states that usernames cannot contain colons.", paramName: nameof(basicUserName) );
HttpRequestMessage httpRequestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage( HttpMethod.Post, requestUri );
httpRequestMessage.Content = content;
//
Encoding encoding = Encoding.ASCII;
if( challengeCharSet != null )
{
try
{
encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding( challengeCharSet );
}
catch
{
encoding = Encoding.ASCII;
}
}
httpRequestMessage.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(
scheme : "Basic",
parameter: Convert.ToBase64String( encoding.GetBytes( userName + ":" + password ) )
);
return SendAsync( httpRequestMessage, cancellationToken );
}
Usage:
HttpClient httpClient = ...
using( HttpResponseMessage response = await httpClient.PostAsync( uri, content, basicUserName: "AzureDiamond", basicPassword: "hunter2" ).ConfigureAwait(false) )
{
// ...
}

Just something to add that I struggled with, which I only experienced with Basic authentication endpoints. If you add Json as StringContent then it adds a charset=utf-8, this often return a BadRequest 400.
Here is the code I got to fix this: reference:
https://dzone.com/articles/httpclient-how-to-remove-charset-from-content-type
using (var client = new HttpClient())
using (var content = new StringContent(ParseJSON(data), Encoding.Default, "application/json"))
{
//Remove UTF-8 Charset causing BadRequest 400
content.Headers.ContentType.CharSet = "";
var clientId = "client";
var clientSecret = "secret";
var authenticationString = $"{clientId}:{clientSecret}";
var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authenticationString));
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAddWithoutValidation(authHeader, authorization);
var response = await client.PostAsync(url, content);
return response;
}

I have resolve this by using below code, that serve my purpose also. Added Code for both Get/Post, this will help you. Moreover I have added one more Header key. So to pass extra data to header. Hope that will resolve your issue.
class Program {
private static readonly string Username = "test";
private static readonly string Password = "test#123";
static void Main(string[] args) {
var response = Login();
}
public static async Task Login()
{
var anotherKey ="test";
HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient
{
BaseAddress = new Uri("https://google.com/")
};
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add($"Authorization", $"Basic {Base64Encode($"{Username}:{Password}")}");
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add($"anotherKey", $"{anotherKey}");
HttpResponseMessage httpResponseMessage = await httpClient.GetAsync("user/123").ConfigureAwait(false);
// For Get Method
var response= await httpResponseMessage.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
// For Post Method
User user = new User (1,"ABC");
HttpResponseMessage httpResponseMessage = await httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync("/post", user).ConfigureAwait(false);
UserDetail userDetail = await httpResponseMessage.Content.ReadAsAsync<UserDetail>().ConfigureAwait(false);
}
}

Using .NET 6, I use the HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization property to set the Authorization header.
// This example will send a signing request to the RightSignature API
var api = "https://api.rightsignature.com/public/v2/sending_requests";
// requestJson is the serialized JSON request body
var contentData = new StringContent(requestJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
// Instantiate client (for testing), use Microsoft's guidelines in production
var client = new HttpClient();
// Use basic auth, the token has already been converted to base64
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", tokenB64);
try
{
var response = await client.PostAsync(api, contentData);
}
...
Good luck!

Strange behavior in HttpRequestMessage's Content-Type header

I tried to make HTTP POST request with application/json in body to an external web-service from C# (.NET Core 2.2.104).
I've already read all similar questions in SO and wrote this code:
SignXmlRequestDto requestBody = new SignXmlRequestDto(p12, model.SignCertPin, model.Data);
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(requestBody);
var httpRequestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage
{
Method = HttpMethod.Post,
RequestUri = ncanNodeUrl,
Headers =
{
{ HttpRequestHeader.ContentType.ToString(), "application/json" }
},
Content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(json))
};
var response = await httpClient.SendAsync(httpRequestMessage);
string responseString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
I am getting an error from service, it says: "Invalid header Content-Type. Please set Content-Type to application/json". What is interesting here, if I simulate this request from Postman, then everything work well and I get successful response.
Updated: as #Kristóf Tóth suggested, I modified my code to:
var httpRequestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage
{
Method = HttpMethod.Post,
RequestUri = ncanNodeUrl,
Content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
};
var response = await httpClient.SendAsync(httpRequestMessage);
string responseString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
but it still gives me the same error message.

Content-Type is a content header. It should be set on the content, not the request itself. This can be done either using the StringContent(string,Encoding,string) constructor :
Content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(json),Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
or by setting the StringContent's Headers.ContentType property :
var content=new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(json));
content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json");

This might be an encoding issue. You should use JsonContent not StringContent OR you can do something similar:
// Serialize into JSON String
var stringPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(payload);
// Wrap JSON StringContent which then can be used by the HttpClient class
var httpContent = new StringContent(stringPayload, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

Can't get body data on server using C# code

I'm trying to send a json content inside the body. But unfortunately, I don't get the data in the server. Same data is received using postman tool.
Here is the code I'm running
private string callAPI(string function, string content)
{
using (var httpClient = new HttpClient())
{
string url = function;
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", txt_sessionKey.Text);
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri(baseUrlV2);
var json = new StringContent(content, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
Method = HttpMethod.Put,
RequestUri = new Uri(baseUrlV2+function),
Content = json
};
HttpContent contentRes = httpClient.SendAsync(request).Result.Content;
return contentRes.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
}
}
What am I missing here?