I'm trying to POST a JsonObject
using HttpClient
from Web API. I'm not quite sure how to go about this and can't find much in the way of sample code.
Here's what I have so far:
var myObject = (dynamic)new JsonObject();
myObject.Data = "some data";
myObject.Data2 = "some more data";
HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient("myurl");
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
HttpResponseMessage response = httpClient.Post("", ???);
I think I need to cast my JsonObject
as a StreamContent
but I'm getting hung up on that step.
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Thank you pomber but for
var result = client.PostAsync(url, content).Result;
I used
var result = await client.PostAsync(url, content);
because Result makes app lock for high request
the code over it in vbnet:
dim FeToSend as new (object--> define class)
Dim client As New HttpClient
Dim content = New StringContent(FeToSend.ToString(), Encoding.UTF8,"application/json")
content.Headers.ContentType = New MediaTypeHeaderValue( "application/json" )
Dim risp = client.PostAsync(Chiamata, content).Result
msgbox(risp.tostring)
Hope this help
If using Newtonsoft.Json:
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
public static class Extensions
{
public static StringContent AsJson(this object o)
=> new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(o), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
}
Example:
var httpClient = new HttpClient();
var url = "https://www.duolingo.com/2016-04-13/login?fields=";
var data = new { identifier = "username", password = "password" };
var result = await httpClient.PostAsync(url, data.AsJson())
I don't have enough reputation to add a comment on the answer from pomber so I'm posting another answer. Using pomber's approach I kept receiving a "400 Bad Request" response from an API I was POSTing my JSON request to (Visual Studio 2017, .NET 4.6.2). Eventually the problem was traced to the "Content-Type" header produced by StringContent() being incorrect (see https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/7864).
tl;dr
Use pomber's answer with an extra line to correctly set the header on the request:
var content = new StringContent(jsonObject.ToString(), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json");
var result = client.PostAsync(url, content).Result;
Depending on your .NET version you could also use HttpClientExtensions.PostAsJsonAsync
method.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.http.httpclientextensions.postasjsonasync.aspx
The easiest way is to use a StringContent
, with the JSON representation of your JSON object.
httpClient.Post(
"",
new StringContent(
myObject.ToString(),
Encoding.UTF8,
"application/json"));
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