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I need to submit data via POST request to a third party api, I have the url to submit to, but I am trying to avoid first sending the data to the client-side and then posting it again from there. Is there a way to POST information from codebehind directly?
Any ideas are appreciated.
From the server side you can post it to the url.
See the sample code from previous stackoverflow question - HTTP request with post
using (var wb = new WebClient())
{
var data = new NameValueCollection();
data["username"] = "myUser";
data["password"] = "myPassword";
var response = wb.UploadValues(url, "POST", data);
}
Use the WebRequest class to post.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/debx8sh9(v=vs.110).aspx
Alternatively you can also use HttpClient class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.http.httpclient(v=vs.110).aspx
Hope this helps. Please post if you are facing issues.
Something like this?
string URI = "http://www.myurl.com/post.php";
string myParameters = "param1=value1¶m2=value2¶m3=value3";
using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
wc.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
string HtmlResult = wc.UploadString(URI, myParameters);
}
How to post data to specific URL using WebClient in C#
You should to use WebRequest class:
var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(requestedUrl);
request.Method = 'POST';
using (var resp = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse()) {
// your logic...
}
Full info is here https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/debx8sh9(v=vs.110).aspx
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I'm in the process of creating a C# console application which reads text from a text file, turns it into a JSON formatted string (held in a string variable), and needs to POST the JSON request to a web api. I'm using .NET Framework 4.
My struggle is with creating the request and getting the response, using C#. What is the basic code that is necessary? Comments in the code would be helpful. What I've got so far is the below, but I'm not sure if I'm on the right track.
//POST JSON REQUEST TO API
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("POST URL GOES HERE?");
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/json";
System.Text.UTF8Encoding encoding = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
byte[] bytes = encoding.GetBytes(jsonPOSTString);
request.ContentLength = bytes.Length;
using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
// Send the data.
requestStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
}
//RESPONSE HERE
Have you tried using the WebClient class?
you should be able to use
string result = "";
using (var client = new WebClient())
{
client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/json";
result = client.UploadString(url, "POST", json);
}
Console.WriteLine(result);
Documentation at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webclient%28v=vs.110%29.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d0d3595k%28v=vs.110%29.aspx
Try using Web API HttpClient
static async Task RunAsync()
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://domain.com/");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
// HTTP POST
var obj = new MyObject() { Str = "MyString"};
response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("POST URL GOES HERE?", obj );
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
response.//.. Contains the returned content.
}
}
}
You can find more details here Web API Clients
I have been coding a application in c#, which data is send through get function
Its like this
Http://www.myweb.com/co.php?a=10&b=20
I am new to c# web programming, so i was wondering how can send the same data through post function. Because if i use $_POST in the php file it dont get the values, i researched a bit and found that POST function takes data in the body rather then in URL.
I just to convert the procedure from GET TO POST. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
You can use HttpWebRequest, setting the Method and ContentType properties appropriately:
var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.myweb.com/co.php");
// your choice of encoding, I just picked ASCII here
var body = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("a=10&b=20");
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.ContentLength = body.Length;
using (var stream = request.GetRequestStream()) {
stream.Write(body, 0, body.Length);
}
If you're targeting .NET 4.5 I'd suggest using HttpClient if not then I'd go with WebClient:
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
NameValueCollection values = new NameValueCollection();
values.Add("FirstName", "John");
values.Add("LastName", "Smith");
values.Add("Age", "46");
webClient.UploadValues("http://example.com/", values);
I know there are a lot of questions about sending HTTP POST requests with C#, but I'm looking for a method that uses WebClient rather than HttpWebRequest. Is this possible? It'd be nice because the WebClient class is so easy to use.
I know I can set the Headers property to have certain headers set, but I don't know if it's possible to actually do a POST from WebClient.
You can use WebClient.UploadData() which uses HTTP POST, i.e.:
using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
byte[] result = wc.UploadData("http://stackoverflow.com", new byte[] { });
}
The payload data that you specify will be transmitted as the POST body of your request.
Alternatively there is WebClient.UploadValues() to upload a name-value collection also via HTTP POST.
You could use Upload method with HTTP 1.0 POST
string postData = Console.ReadLine();
using (System.Net.WebClient wc = new System.Net.WebClient())
{
wc.Headers.Add("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
// Upload the input string using the HTTP 1.0 POST method.
byte[] byteArray = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(postData);
byte[] byteResult= wc.UploadData("http://targetwebiste","POST",byteArray);
// Decode and display the result.
Console.WriteLine("\nResult received was {0}",
Encoding.ASCII.GetString(byteResult));
}
How can I pass some data to a webpage from C#.net? I'm currently using this:
ProcessStartInfo p1 = new ProcessStartInfo("http://www.example.com","key=123");
Process.Start(p1);
but how can I access it from PHP? I tried:
<?php echo($_GET['key']); ?>
but it prints nothing.
Try passing it with the url itself
ProcessStartInfo p1 = new ProcessStartInfo("http://timepass.comule.com?key=123","");
Process.Start(p1);
you should put the key parameter as a query string :
ProcessStartInfo p1 = new ProcessStartInfo("http://timepass.comule.com?key=123");
I would suggest using the HttpWebRequestClass.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.aspx
This way, you would also have the ability to post data to your page, add auth parameters, cookies etc - in case you might need it.
I'm not sure if this matters in your particular setup, passing data thru the query string is not secure. But if security is an issue as well, I would POST the data thru an SSL connection.
Update:
so if you POST'ed data to your php page like so:
string dataToSend = "data=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("this is your data string");
var dataBytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(dataToSend);
HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create("http://localhost/yourpage.php");
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
req.ContentLength = dataBytes.Length;
req.Method = "POST";
using (var stream = req.GetRequestStream())
{
stream.Write(dataBytes, 0, dataBytes.Length);
}
// -- execute request and get response
HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse) req.GetResponse();
if (resp.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
Console.WriteLine("Hooray!");
you can retrieve it by using the following code in your php page:
echo $_POST["data"])
Update 2:
AFAIK, ProcessStartInfo/Process.Start() actually starts a process - in this case, I think it will start your browser. The second parameter is the command line arguments. This information is used by programs so they know how to behave when started (hidden, open a default document etc). Its not related to the Query string in anyway. if you prefer to use Process.Start(), then try something like this:
ProcessStartInfo p1 = new ProcessStartInfo("iexplore","http://google.com?q=test");
Process.Start(p1);
If you run that, it will open internet explorer and open google with test on the search box. If that were you're page, you could access "q" by calling:
echo $_GET["q"])
In my applications i used different method i.e using webClient i done it
WebClient client1 = new WebClient();
string path = "dtscompleted.php";//your php path
NameValueCollection formData = new NameValueCollection();
byte[] responseBytes2=null;
formData.Add("key", "123");
try
{
responseBytes2 = client1.UploadValues(path, "POST", formData);
}
catch (WebException web)
{
//MessageBox.Show("Check network connection.\n"+web.Message);
}
This may be a pathetically simple problem, but I cannot seem to format the post webrequest/response to get data from the Wikipedia API. I have posted my code below if anyone can help me see my problem.
string pgTitle = txtPageTitle.Text;
Uri address = new Uri("http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php");
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(address) as HttpWebRequest;
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
string action = "query";
string query = pgTitle;
StringBuilder data = new StringBuilder();
data.Append("action=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(action));
data.Append("&query=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(query));
byte[] byteData = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data.ToString());
request.ContentLength = byteData.Length;
using (Stream postStream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
postStream.Write(byteData, 0, byteData.Length);
}
using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
{
// Get the response stream.
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
divWikiData.InnerText = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
You might want to try a GET request first because it's a little simpler (you will only need to POST for wikipedia login). For example, try to simulate this request:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=images&titles=Main%20Page
Here's the code:
HttpWebRequest myRequest =
(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=images&titles=Main%20Page");
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)myRequest.GetResponse())
{
string ResponseText;
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
ResponseText = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
Edit: The other problem he was experiencing on the POST request was, The exception is : The remote server returned an error: (417) Expectation failed. It can be solved by setting:
System.Net.ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;
(This is from: HTTP POST Returns Error: 417 "Expectation Failed.")
I'm currently in the final stages of implementing an C# MediaWiki API which allows the easy scripting of most MediaWiki viewing and editing actions.
The main API is here: http://o2platform.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/O2%20-%20All%20Active%20Projects/O2_XRules_Database/_Rules/APIs/OwaspAPI.cs and here is an example of the API in use:
var wiki = new O2MediaWikiAPI("http://www.o2platform.com/api.php");
wiki.login(userName, password);
var page = "Test"; // "Main_Page";
wiki.editPage(page,"Test content2");
var rawWikiText = wiki.raw(page);
var htmlText = wiki.html(page);
return rawWikiText.line().line() + htmlText;
You seem to be pushing the input data on HTTP POST, but it seems you should use HTTP GET.
From the MediaWiki API docs:
The API takes its input through
parameters in the query string. Every
module (and every action=query
submodule) has its own set of
parameters, which is listed in the
documentation and in action=help, and
can be retrieved through
action=paraminfo.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats