I am working on a site that sends data to another website and it has a landing page with a URL by using. The issue is I do not want to do the REdirect I just want it to send data to that page and continue with the code under it.
The other Site doesn't have API's how can I do this?
I have been looking at examples all of them are referring to API url's with log-in authentication but this URL does not require a log in just send in the data with the URL(www.example.come/submit?Firstname=Firstname;LastName=LastName;)
Something like that without actually redirecting the page to that site.
You can use the WebRequest
// Create a request using a URL that can receive a post.
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create ("http://www.contoso.com/PostAccepter.aspx ");
// Set the Method property of the request to POST.
request.Method = "POST";
// Create POST data and convert it to a byte array.
string postData = "This is a test that posts this string to a Web server.";
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes (postData);
// Set the ContentType property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// Set the ContentLength property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
// Get the request stream.
Stream dataStream = request.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 = request.GetResponse ();
// Display the status.
Console.WriteLine (((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
// 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 ();
// Display the content.
Console.WriteLine (responseFromServer);
// Clean up the streams.
reader.Close ();
dataStream.Close ();
response.Close ();
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Iam developing a cross platform android app in Xamarin. I want to send a request to register my device. Iam sending my DeviceId, DeviceName and EncodedAccountName i.e my email id.
But I dont get any response. I have tested the request on Postman and get a proper response.
Here is my code:
StringBuilder registerContent = new StringBuilder();
registerContent.Append("DeviceId=").Append(deviceId).Append("&");
registerContent.Append("Name=").Append(deviceName).Append("&");
registerContent.Append("EncodedAccountName=").Append(username);
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(EndPoints.RegisterDeviceEndPoint);
// Set the Method property of the request to POST.
request.Method = "POST";
// Create POST data and convert it to a byte array.
string postData = registerContent.ToString();
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);
// Set the ContentType property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentType= "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// Set the ContentLength property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
// Get the request stream.
Stream dataStream = request.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 = request.GetResponse();// Dont get any response here
// Display the status.
System.Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
// 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();
// Display the content.
System.Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer);
// Clean up the streams.
reader.Close();
dataStream.Close();
response.Close();
return response.ToString();
Any ideas on what might me going wrong?
Thanks
This is how I notify my Web API and wait for a string response:
string myParameters = "?firstParam=" + someParam1 + "&secondParam=" + someParam2;
string url = someHTTPAddress + myParameters;
stringResponseFromWebAPI = (new WebClient()).DownloadString(url);
i am trying to post a data to a website and get the response back from the server. This is the code that i am using:
// Create a request using a URL that can receive a post.
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://www.indianrail.gov.in/train_Schedule.html");
((HttpWebRequest)request).UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:9.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0";
// Set the Method property of the request to POST.
request.Method = "POST";
// Create POST data and convert it to a byte array.
string postData = lccp_trnname.Text;
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);
// Set the ContentType property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// Set the ContentLength property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
// Get the request stream.
Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
// Write the data to the request stream.
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
// Close the Stream object.
dataStream.Close();
// Get the response.
try
{
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
// Display the status.
Response.Write(((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
// 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();
// Display the content.
Response.Write(responseFromServer);
// Clean up the streams.
reader.Close();
dataStream.Close();
response.Close();
}
catch (WebException ee)
{
Label1.Text = ee.Message;
}
instead of getting the reply back from the server, i am getting redirected to the same webpage in which i am posting the data. Plz help me if anyone has got any idea as what has gone wrong with my code. i've been trying since long back but all efforts went in vain. So plz help
You must post data to http://www.indianrail.gov.in/cgi_bin/inet_trnnum_cgi.cgi instead of http://www.indianrail.gov.in/train_Schedule.html
UPDATE:
The second problem is that you are not sending name of "lccp_trnname" parameter in data. This will make it work:
string postData = "lccp_trnname=" + lccp_trnname.Text;
I use this code to send an image from desktop application to a php file on server:
// Create a request using a URL that can receive a post.
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://example.com/img.php");
// Set the Method property of the request to POST.
request.Method = "POST";
// Create POST data and convert it to a byte array.
string postData = "hello";
byte[] byteArray = ImageToByte(image);//Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes (postData);
byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);
// Set the ContentType property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// Set the ContentLength property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
// Get the request stream.
Stream dataStream = request.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 = request.GetResponse ();
// Display the status.
Console.WriteLine (((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
// 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 ();
// Display the content.
Console.WriteLine (responseFromServer);
// Clean up the streams.
reader.Close ();
dataStream.Close ();
response.Close ();
What function should I use in php to receive the image file?
Since you're not forming standartized post, you'll need to read directly from php input.
file_get_contents("php://input");
Provided your C# code produces a valid post request, you should be able to fetch it from the global $_POST array in PHP.
I need to call a web and retrieve the resulting data from the model in my asp.net mvc application. When accessed on the web, the form looks like this:
<form id="textEntryForm" name="textEntryForm" method="post" action="/project/evaluate_to_pdf">
<textarea id="p" rows="20" name="p" cols="132"/><br/>
<input type="button" value="parse" name="do_parse" onclick="new Ajax.Updater('parsedProject','/project/parse',{asynchronous:true,evalScripts:true,on404:function(e){alert('not found!')},parameters:Form.serialize(this.form)});return false"/>
<input type="button" value="evaluate_to_html" name="do_evaluate_to_html" onclick="new Ajax.Updater('parsedProject','/project/evaluate_to_html',{asynchronous:true,evalScripts:true,on404:function(e){alert('not found!')},parameters:Form.serialize(this.form)});return false"/>
<input type="button" value="evaluate" name="do_evaluate" onclick="new Ajax.Updater('parsedProject','/project/evaluate',{asynchronous:true,evalScripts:true,on404:function(e){alert('not found!')},parameters:Form.serialize(this.form)});return false"/>
<input type="button" value="evaluate to pdf source" name="do_evaluate_to_pdf_source" onclick="new Ajax.Updater('parsedProject','/project/evaluate_to_pdf_source',{asynchronous:true,evalScripts:true,on404:function(e){alert('not found!')},parameters:Form.serialize(this.form)});return false"/>
<input type="submit" id="do_evaluate_to_pdf" value="evaluate_to_pdf" name="do_evaluate_to_pdf"/>
</form>
I need to pass the data that would be entered into textarea id="p". How do add that in, using a WebClient to connect?
Thanks!
Edit This isn't for testing purposes, I need to retrieve the data for use in my application.
I just used this: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/community/aspnet/2/69261/you-can-use-the-webclient.aspx
Another option is the Lightweight Test Automation Framework by Microsoft <- Here Steve Sanderson applies it to MVC.
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You create a Stream and pass it into your HttpWebRequest.
// Create a request using a URL that can receive a post.
WebRequest request =
WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/PostAccepter.aspx ");
// Set the Method property of the request to POST.
request.Method = "POST";
// Create POST data and convert it to a byte array.
string postData = "p=Some text here from the textarea";
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes (postData);
// Set the ContentType property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// Set the ContentLength property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
// Get the request stream.
Stream dataStream = request.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 = request.GetResponse ();
// Display the status.
Console.WriteLine (((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
// 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 ();
// Display the content.
Console.WriteLine (responseFromServer);
// Clean up the streams.
reader.Close ();
dataStream.Close ();
response.Close ();
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/debx8sh9.aspx
These things have a habit of becoming more and more complex, for example should you need to handle cookies, authentication or multipart form uploads for uploading files etc. I suggest using curl (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcurl-net/)
Something like this:
HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
req.Method = "POST";
req.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
string data = "&p=" + dataThatNeedsToBeInTextArea;
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes (data);
req.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
Stream stream= req.GetRequestStream ();
stream.Write (byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
stream.Close ();
StreamReader streamIn = new StreamReader(req.GetResponse().GetResponseStream());
string response = streamIn.ReadToEnd();
streamIn .Close();
Agreeing with #wentbackward, WatiN is another alternative.