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SOLVED C# HttpWebResponse delivers different response than Postman

I'm consuming a Web API of an internal system in the company.
It's getting a payload in JSON format and returning a response with data in JSON format.
When sending the request with Postman, it returns the expected response (StatusCode=200 + a response text in JSON format). That means that everything is OK with the web service.
Now I have to develop an application in C# to send this HTTP request.
The problem is, that I receive as response content "OK" and not the expected JSON response gotten with Postman.
public HttpWebResponse SendRequest(string url, string checkOutFolder, string drawingNo, string login, string password)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.ContentType = "application/json";
request.Method = "GET";
request.Accept = "application/json";
string payload = GeneratePayLoad(checkOutFolder, drawingNo);
string header = CreateAuthorization(login, password);
request.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = header;
request.ServicePoint.Expect100Continue = false;
var type = request.GetType();
var currentMethod = type.GetProperty("CurrentMethod", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance).GetValue(request);
var methodType = currentMethod.GetType();
methodType.GetField("ContentBodyNotAllowed", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance).SetValue(currentMethod, false);
using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream()))
{
streamWriter.Write(payload);
}
// Response
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
using (StreamReader rd = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
string responseContent = rd.ReadToEnd();
Console.WriteLine(responseContent);
}
return response;
}
Has anyone already experiences something similar.
Can you help me?
EDIT
Following your suggestions
1) Changed the method to POST -> result is still the same
2) Used Postman's code generator and RestSharp -> result is still the same
public void Request(string url, string checkOutFolder, string drawingNo, string login, string password)
{
var client = new RestClient(url);
var request = new RestRequest();
request.Method = Method.Post;
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Basic **********");
var body = GeneratePayLoad(checkOutFolder, drawingNo);
request.AddParameter("application/json", body, ParameterType.RequestBody);
var response = client.Execute(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
}
Changed to HttpClient -> result still the same
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
string uri = "******************";
string path = "destinationpath";
var endpoint = new Uri(uri);
string payload = GeneratePayLoad(path, "100-0000947591");
//FormUrlEncodedContent form = new FormUrlEncodedContent(payload);
var stringContent = new StringContent(payload);
var payload2 = new StringContent(payload, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
var byteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("*******");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(byteArray));
var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization.ToString()));
var result = client.PostAsync(endpoint, stringContent).Result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
Console.WriteLine("test");
}
Wrote a Python code using requests Package -> delivers the same as Postman. So the problem is in the C# code.
Does anyone have an idea what is going on?
SOLVED
The issue was on the payload generation!

The request needs to be an HTTP POST and not HTTP GET because it contains JSON payload.
request.Method = "GET"; should be request.Method = "POST";
That would be one of the issue(s). I am not sure if there is something else that is wrong, but try changing the request method to POST and try again.

Convert HttpWebRequest to HttpClient with POST method

I try to convert HttpWebRequest to HttpClient but without success.
Can anybody help me?
It is my simple code with HttpWebRequest:
string url = "https://www.somesite.com/Service";
string postData = "text to send";
var data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(postData);
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "POST";
request.Proxy = null;
request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
request.UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0";
request.ContentType = "text/x-gwt-rpc; charset=UTF-8";
request.Headers.Add("Cookie", SetCookie);//get it after login
using (var stream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
}
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
string responseText = reader.ReadToEnd();

I think you can convert you HttpWebRequest based code to HttpClient based like this:
string url = "https://www.somesite.com/Service";
string postData = "text to send";
var data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(postData);
var content = new ByteArrayContent(data);
using var httpHandler = new HttpClientHandler { UseCookies = false, AllowAutoRedirect = false };
using var client = new HttpClient(httpHandler);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("UserAgent","Mozilla/5.0");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("ContentType", "text/x-gwt-rpc; charset=UTF-8");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Cookie", SetCookie);
using var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, url) { Content = content };
var response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
var responseText = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Remarks:
Instead of writing the Request's Stream manually you can use the ByteArrayContent abstraction for this. (Related SO topic)
In order to set the cookie(s) manually you have to turn-off the default behaviour. You can do this via the HttpClientHandler's UseCookies. (Related SO topic)
To set the headers manually you can use the HttpClient's DefaultRequestHeaders (Related SO topic)
The counterpart of GetResponse is the SendAsync
Instead of reading the Response's Stream manually you can use the HttpContent's ReadAsStringAsync (Related SO topic)
UPDATE: Include OP's amended code
var content = new StringContent(postData, Encoding.UTF8, "text/x-gwt-rpc");
So, instead of ByteArrayContent StringContent is being used.

What the difference between this Post webrequest and similar request in Postman?

I want to make Post request to "https://sslecal2.forexprostools.com/ajax.php". So there is my code:
string URI = "https://sslecal2.forexprostools.com/ajax.php";
string requestBody = String.Format("{{\"dateFrom\": \"{0}\", \"dateTo\": \"{1}\", \"timeZone\": {2}, \"action\": \"{3}\"}}",
"2018-12-24", "2018-12-24", 18, "filter"); //json format
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(URI); //make request
request.Method = "POST";
request.UserAgent = "";
request.Headers.Add("X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest");
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream()))
{
writer.Write(requestBody); //write your request payload
}
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
string jsonData = String.Empty;
using (var reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
jsonData = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
response.Close();
I made something not correct in "requestBody" in string " string requestBody = String.Format("{{\"dateFrom\"..." because I get 200 and empty html answer.
And I attach the screens of the same request in postman with html code in answer. This request in postman processes well.
What the difference between this Post webrequest and request in Postman?

With postman you posting different format data. To get same thing in code you need to change request body format and set content type of request:
string URI = "https://sslecal2.forexprostools.com/ajax.php";
string requestBody = String.Format("dateFrom={0}&dateTo={1}&timeZone={2}&action={3}",
"2018-12-24", "2018-12-24", 18, "filter"); //<-- Change this
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(URI);
request.Method = "POST";
request.UserAgent = "";
request.Headers.Add("X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest");
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"; //<-- Add this
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream()))
{
writer.Write(requestBody);
}
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
string jsonData = String.Empty;
using (var reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
jsonData = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
response.Close();

In PostMan, if you click the "Code" in the top right, under the send button, you can choose C# (RestSharp).. If you're not using RestSharp, there's a small amount of work to do to convert it to something else, but the basics are all there.
Here's the autogen output for your case (RestSharp):
var client = new RestClient("https://sslecal2.forexprostools.com/ajax.php");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Postman-Token", "bfd1a3b3-983f-4160-a091-6f0962413e58");
request.AddHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
request.AddHeader("X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
request.AddParameter("undefined", "dateFrom=2018-01-24&dateTo=2018-01-24&timeZone=18&action=filter", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
Converting it to HttpWebRequest requires:
AddHeader -> Headers.Add
Specify method
Body data is set differently - take PostMan's string and write it to the request stream
Or install RestSharp free from NuGet

Why am I getting this 401 unauthorized error while using Hammock with the Tumblr API to retrieve likes?

Here is the code that I am using:
public static void FetchXML()
{
_url = new Uri("http://api.tumblr.com/v2/blog/" + _username + ".tumblr.com/likes?api_key=REc3Z6l4ZYss11a8lX6KKje0X8Hsi9U77SyaPbQrOBBCGJGA6D");
var client = new RestClient();
client.Authority = _url.ToString();
var request = new RestRequest();
request.AddParameter("limit", "20");
request.AddParameter("offset", _offset.ToString());
var response = client.Request(request);
var content = response.Content.ToString();
var parsedResponse = JsonParser.FromJson(content);
}
If I take the Uri value and paste it into my browser (using a valid Tumblr username) I'm getting the correct Json, but in my application the content of response is:
"{\"meta\":{\"status\":401,\"msg\":\"Unauthorized\"},\"response\":[]}"
Anyone have any idea why this is? According to the Tumblr API
retrieving likes should only need the API key, which I am providing.

Hi you can use the below code to get the response.
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(URL);
request.Method = "GET";
request.ContentType = "Application/json";
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
Stream receive = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(receive, Encoding.UTF8);
string respond = reader.ReadToEnd();

Rest API Post in RestSharp

I was provided a snippet of code to make a call to a REST API and it works just fine, but i want to make the same call in RestSharp but cant quite figure it out the conversion.
Here is the code of the call that i want to convert to a restsharp call.
var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://www.apisite.co.uk/api/GetUser");
var postData = "api_key=123&api_secret=456&response_type=json&user_id=user1234";
var data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(postData);
request.Method = "Post";
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.ContentLength = data.Length;
using (var stream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
}
var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
var responseString = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()).ReadToEnd();
responseString gives me my response in json.
Any help would be appreciated.

var restClient = new RestClient("https://www.apisite.co.uk");
var restRequest = new RestRequest("api/GetUser", Method.POST);
restRequest.AddQueryParameter("api_key", "123");
restRequest.AddQueryParameter("api_secret", "456");
restRequest.AddQueryParameter("response_type", "json");
restRequest.AddQueryParameter("user_id", "user1234");
// response as a string
var restResponseString = restClient.Execute(restRequest).Content;
// response deserialized to an object/model
var restResponseDeserialized = restClient.Execute<object>(restRequest).Data;