How Post from C#?

Question

Hi I want to access a web login page from C# in other words I want to login to a remote web site using C# rather than a browser. So how do you POST from C#? (hopefully using WebRequest and WebResponse) Please give an example or point me to one. Thanks T

Will Wagers · Answer

The answer lay here: HTTP_Post http://www.csharp-online.net/csow/index.php?title=HTTP_Post

Antti · Answer

I don't remember the exact code right now but first you create HttpWebRequest object like this (this is the synchronous way asyncronous is much more difficult): HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(http://www.yousite.abc); Then you set AllowWriteStreamBuffering to true for request object and you can set suitable Timeout. You also must set Method property to POST. Then you create a System.IO.Stream request has method called GetRequestStream and Write your data there (variable1=value1?variable2=value2 etc...). If you are connecting using a proxy server you must add a Proxy to response object too. request.GetResponse() executes the webcall. That gives you a HttpWebResponse object which has also a Stream you get it with GetResponseStream. You can read it with ReadToEnd method. Hope this helps