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Post request upload PDF file C#

I am sending post request with pdf file attached example.pdf - this file is added to project in Visual Studio as "content". Problem is that I am receiving 400 Bad request.
API server is receiving (IFormFile uploadedFile) but in my case uploadedFile is null.
Authorization is good, url, headers also. I checked it via postman and it is working properly.
requestbody in debug mode is '{byte[63933]}'
How to solve this in C#?
string pathToPdfFile = "Scenarios\DefaultScenario\example.pdf";
byte[] requestBody = File.ReadAllBytes(pathToPdfFile);
public static string PostRequestUploadFile(string url, Dictionary<string, string> headersDictionary, byte[] requestbody)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "POST";
if (headersDictionary != null)
{
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> entry in headersDictionary)
{
request.Headers.Add(entry.Key, entry.Value);
}
}
request.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
byte[] byteArray = requestbody;
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
dataStream.Close();
try
{
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
using (Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
return reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception Ex)
{
return Ex.ToString();
}
}

I have made some changes
I added the Content Length header
You may have to change application/pdf to application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Finally, I don't know which parameters you are sending in headersDictionary, but may be missing the form 'file' field name
var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "POST"; // Consider using WebRequestMethods.Http.Post instead of "POST"
if (headersDictionary != null){
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> entry in headersDictionary){
request.Headers.Add(entry.Key, entry.Value);
}
}
request.ContentType = "application/pdf";
// Dependending on your server, you may have to change
// to request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
byte[] byteArray = requestbody; // I don't know why you create a new variable here
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
using (var dataStream = request.GetRequestStream()){
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
}
using(var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse()){
using(var reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())){
return reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
In my tests using this I have to use request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" instead of PDF (I can't mock your entire setup)
As I don't have the server you are trying to send this and don't have the parameters I can't test this in your environment
For future reference, HttpWebRequest is a Legacy (obsolete) implementation that should be avoided and new implementations should use HttpClient read more

C# Post-Request Status 400 Bad Request

I am currently working on a C# Programm that is supposed to get Data from a REST API that I host.
The API requires a token for authentication which is returned from a POST request.
When I try to do the POST with C# I get a bad request (Status 400) but the GET request works fine. Now, My question is what I did wrong or what might be the cause for that error. When doing the request with postman both work perfectly.
The POST function:
void POST(string url, string jsonContent) {
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "POST";
System.Text.UTF8Encoding encoding = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
Byte[] byteArray = encoding.GetBytes(jsonContent);
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
request.ContentType = #"application/json";
using (Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream()) {
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
}
long length = 0;
try {
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse()) {
length = response.ContentLength;
Console.WriteLine(response);
}
} catch (WebException ex) {
Console.WriteLine(ex);
}
}
The GET function:
string GET(string url) {
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
try {
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream()) {
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
return reader.ReadToEnd();
}
} catch (WebException ex) {
WebResponse errorResponse = ex.Response;
using (Stream responseStream = errorResponse.GetResponseStream()) {
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream, System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8"));
String errorText = reader.ReadToEnd();
// log errorText
}
throw;
}
}

Login into iCloud via Json Post request

I'm trying to log in into iCloud using a Json Post request in C#. Before trying to implement the code I was studying a little bit the iCloud requests using Chrome Console and using an Ad-on to replicate the requests in order to obtain the same result of the website.
First of All I checked the request directly from iCloud website:
And this is the response:
{
"serviceErrors" : [ {
"code" : "-20101",
"message" : "Il tuo ID Apple o la password non sono corretti."
} ]
}
Using "Advance REST Client" ad Chrome plugin to replicate the request I ve tried the same Json request to the same Url. But I get Empty response:
I Also tried to copy and paste the whole Header (All the settings) and than send the request but the response is the same:
Anyone has an Advice?
UPDATE: I tried to implement A Json request through c# program:
var httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://idmsa.apple.com/appleauth/auth/signin");
httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";
using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()))
{
string json = "{accountName: \"briesanji #gmail.com\", password: \"testPassword\", rememberMe: false, trustTokens: []}";
streamWriter.Write(json);
streamWriter.Flush();
streamWriter.Close();
}
var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
var result = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
}
The problem is that Execution breaks when the
var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
is hit and it gives me this error: System.Net.WebException: 'Error Remote Server: (400) Request not valid.'
UPDATE: I solved in this way:
void POST(string url, string jsonContent)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "POST";
System.Text.UTF8Encoding encoding = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
Byte[] byteArray = encoding.GetBytes(jsonContent);
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
request.ContentType = #"application/json";
using (Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
}
long length = 0;
try
{
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
length = response.ContentLength;
}
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
// Log exception and throw as for GET example above
}
}
string GET(string url)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
try
{
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream, Encoding.UTF8);
return reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
WebResponse errorResponse = ex.Response;
using (Stream responseStream = errorResponse.GetResponseStream())
{
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream, Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8"));
String errorText = reader.ReadToEnd();
// log errorText
}
throw;
}
}
Anyways I tested also the Answer and it was good to.. So I check it as valid thanks.

With this i dont get any error and the response content of the second request just tells me that there were too many failed logins for the test account...
private static void ICloud()
{
var cc = new CookieContainer();
var first = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://idmsa.apple.com/appleauth/auth/signin?widgetKey=83545bf919730e51dbfba24e7e8a78d2&locale=de_DE&font=sf");
first.Method = "GET";
first.CookieContainer = cc;
var response1 = (HttpWebResponse)first.GetResponse();
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(response1.GetResponseStream()))
{
var result = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
}
var second = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://idmsa.apple.com/appleauth/auth/signin");
second.ContentType = "application/json";
second.Method = "POST";
second.Accept = "application/json";
second.CachePolicy = new RequestCachePolicy(RequestCacheLevel.NoCacheNoStore);
second.Referrer = "https://idmsa.apple.com/appleauth/auth/signin?widgetKey=83545bf919730e51dbfba24e7e8a78d2&locale=de_DE&font=sf";
second.Headers.Add("X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest");
second.Headers.Add("X-Apple-Widget-Key", "83545bf919730e51dbfba24e7e8a78d2");
using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(second.GetRequestStream()))
{
string json = "{\"accountName\":\"test#icloud.com\",\"password\":\"test\",\"rememberMe\":false,\"trustTokens\":[]}";
streamWriter.Write(json);
streamWriter.Flush();
streamWriter.Close();
}
try
{
var response2 = (HttpWebResponse)second.GetResponse();
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(response2.GetResponseStream()))
{
var result = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
catch(WebException we)
{
using (var r = new StreamReader(we.Response.GetResponseStream()))
{
var result2 = r.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}

Call Genderize.io API From C#

I'm trying to call http://genderize.io/ , but i'm getting an error from .NET saying:
{"You must provide a request body if you set ContentLength>0 or SendChunked==true. Do this by calling [Begin]GetRequestStream before [Begin]GetResponse."}
How would I call this web service "http://api.genderize.io/?name=peter" from C# and get a JSON string back?
HttpWebRequest request;
string postData = "name=peter"
URL = "http://api.genderize.io/?"
Uri uri = new Uri(URL + postData);
request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.ContentLength = postData.Length;
request.AllowAutoRedirect = true;
UTF8Encoding enc = new UTF8Encoding();
string result = string.Empty;
HttpWebResponse Response;
try
{
using (Response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
using (Stream responseStream = Response.GetResponseStream())
{
using (StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader(responseStream, Encoding.UTF8))
{
return readStream.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
throw ex;
}

You are making the call to the service using POST method, reading through the comments area in http://genderize.io/ the author states that only GET method requests are allowed.
Stroemgren: Yes, this is confirmed. Only HTTP GET request are allowed.
This answer probably would be better as a comment, but I don't have enough reputation :(

Httpwebrequest--POST method using text file

I am trying to replicate a Couch database using .NET classes instead of a curl command line. I have never used WebRequest or Httpwebrequest before, but I am attempting to use them to make a post request with the script below.
Here is the JSON script for couchdb replication(I know this works):
{ ""_id"":"database_replicate8/7/12", "source":sourcedb, ""target"":"targetDB", ""create_target"":true, ""user_ctx"": { ""roles"": ["myrole"] } }
The above script is put into a text file, sourcefile.txt. I want to take this line and put it in a POST web request using .NET functionality.
After looking into it, I chose to use the httpwebrequest class. Below is what I have so far--I got this from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/debx8sh9.aspx
HttpWebRequest bob = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("sourceDBURL");
bob.Method = "POST";
bob.ContentType = "application/json";
byte[] bytearray = File.ReadAllBytes(#"sourcefile.txt");
Stream datastream = bob.GetRequestStream();
datastream.Write(bytearray, 0, bytearray.Length);
datastream.Close();
Am I going about this correctly? I am relatively new to web technologies and still learning how http calls work.

Here is a method I use for creating POST requests:
private static HttpWebRequest createNewPostRequest(string apikey, string secretkey, string endpoint)
{
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(endpoint) as HttpWebRequest;
request.Proxy = null;
request.Method = "POST";
//Specify the xml/Json content types that are acceptable.
request.ContentType = "application/xml";
request.Accept = "application/xml";
//Attach authorization information
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", apikey);
request.Headers.Add("Secretkey", secretkey);
return request;
}
Within my main method I call it like this:
HttpWebRequest request = createNewPostRequest(apikey, secretkey, endpoint);
and I then pass my data to the method like this:
string requestBody = SerializeToString(requestObj);
byte[] byteStr = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(requestBody);
request.ContentLength = byteStr.Length;
using (Stream stream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
stream.Write(byteStr, 0, byteStr.Length);
}
//Parse the response
using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
{
//Business error
if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Error: response status code is{0}, at time:{1}", response.StatusCode, DateTime.Now.ToString()));
return "error";
}
else if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)//Success
{
using (Stream respStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(SubmitReportResponse));
reportReq = serializer.Deserialize(respStream) as SubmitReportResponse;
}
}
...
In my case I serialize/deserialize my body from a class - you will need to alter this to use your text file. If you want an easy drop in solution, then change the SerializetoString method to a method that loads your text file to a string.