I am trying to make a json call using C#. I made a stab at creating a call, but it did not work:
public bool SendAnSMSMessage(string message)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)
WebRequest.Create("http://api.pennysms.com/jsonrpc");
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/json";
string json = "{ \"method\": \"send\", "+
" \"params\": [ "+
" \"IPutAGuidHere\", "+
" \"[email protected]\", "+
" \"MyTenDigitNumberWasHere\", "+
" \""+message+"\" " +
" ] "+
"}";
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream());
writer.Write(json);
writer.Close();
return true;
}
Any advice on how to make this work would be appreciated.
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just continuing what @Mulki made with his code
public string WebRequestinJson(string url, string postData)
{
string ret = string.Empty;
StreamWriter requestWriter;
var webRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(url) as HttpWebRequest;
if (webRequest != null)
{
webRequest.Method = "POST";
webRequest.ServicePoint.Expect100Continue = false;
webRequest.Timeout = 20000;
webRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
//POST the data.
using (requestWriter = new StreamWriter(webRequest.GetRequestStream()))
{
requestWriter.Write(postData);
}
}
HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)webRequest.GetResponse();
Stream resStream = resp.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(resStream);
ret = reader.ReadToEnd();
return ret;
}
If your function resides in an mvc controller u can use the below code with a dictionary object of what you want to convert to json
Json(someDictionaryObj, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
Also try and look at system.web.script.serialization.javascriptserializer if you are using .net 3.5
as for your web request...it seems ok at first glance..
I would use something like this..
public void WebRequestinJson(string url, string postData)
{
StreamWriter requestWriter;
var webRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(url) as HttpWebRequest;
if (webRequest != null)
{
webRequest.Method = "POST";
webRequest.ServicePoint.Expect100Continue = false;
webRequest.Timeout = 20000;
webRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
//POST the data.
using (requestWriter = new StreamWriter(webRequest.GetRequestStream()))
{
requestWriter.Write(postData);
}
}
}
May be you can make the post and json string a parameter and use this as a generic webrequest method for all calls.
Here's a variation of Shiv Kumar's answer, using Newtonsoft.Json (aka Json.NET):
public static bool SendAnSMSMessage(string message)
{
var httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://api.pennysms.com/jsonrpc");
httpWebRequest.ContentType = "text/json";
httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";
var serializer = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer();
using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()))
{
using (var tw = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextWriter(streamWriter))
{
serializer.Serialize(tw,
new {method= "send",
@params = new string[]{
"IPutAGuidHere",
"[email protected]",
"MyTenDigitNumberWasHere",
message
}});
}
}
var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
var responseText = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
//Now you have your response.
//or false depending on information in the response
return true;
}
}
Its just a sample of how to post Json data and get Json data to/from a Rest API in BIDS 2008 using System.Net.WebRequest and without using newtonsoft. This is just a sample code and definitely can be fine tuned (well tested and it works and serves my test purpose like a charm). Its just to give you an Idea. I wanted this thread but couldn't find hence posting this.These were my major sources from where I pulled this. Link 1 and Link 2
Code that works(unit tested)
//Get Example
var httpWebRequest = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create("https://abc.def.org/testAPI/api/TestFile");
httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
httpWebRequest.Method = "GET";
var username = "usernameForYourApi";
var password = "passwordForYourApi";
var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(username + ":" + password);
httpWebRequest.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(bytes));
var httpResponse = (System.Net.HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
using (StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
string result = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
Dts.Events.FireInformation(3, "result from readng stream", result, "", 0, ref fireagain);
}
//Post Example
var httpWebRequestPost = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create("https://abc.def.org/testAPI/api/TestFile");
httpWebRequestPost.ContentType = "application/json";
httpWebRequestPost.Method = "POST";
bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(username + ":" + password);
httpWebRequestPost.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(bytes));
//POST DATA newtonsoft didnt worked with BIDS 2008 in this test package
//json https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6201529/how-do-i-turn-a-c-sharp-object-into-a-json-string-in-net
// fill File model with some test data
CSharpComplexClass fileModel = new CSharpComplexClass();
fileModel.CarrierID = 2;
fileModel.InvoiceFileDate = DateTime.Now;
fileModel.EntryMethodID = EntryMethod.Manual;
fileModel.InvoiceFileStatusID = FileStatus.NeedsReview;
fileModel.CreateUserID = "37f18f01-da45-4d7c-a586-97a0277440ef";
string json = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(fileModel);
Dts.Events.FireInformation(3, "reached json", json, "", 0, ref fireagain);
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json);
httpWebRequestPost.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
// Get the request stream.
Stream dataStream = httpWebRequestPost.GetRequestStream();
// Write the data to the request stream.
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
// Close the Stream object.
dataStream.Close();
// Get the response.
WebResponse response = httpWebRequestPost.GetResponse();
// Display the status.
//Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
Dts.Events.FireInformation(3, "Display the status", ((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription, "", 0, ref fireagain);
// Get the stream containing content returned by the server.
dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();
// Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
// Read the content.
string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
Dts.Events.FireInformation(3, "responseFromServer ", responseFromServer, "", 0, ref fireagain);
References in my test script task inside BIDS 2008(having SP1 and 3.5 framework)
Source: Stackoverflow.com