How to upload data with Microsoft.Net.Http?

Question

In the past I made a class that shunk the request on an endpoint . Now, I create a dll that include this method, this is the code that I'm trying to convert on this library:

using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
     string requestJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data);
     client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("token", token);
     byte[] responseArray = client. 'there is no upload data method
     // the bottom code is of the old method 
     byte[] responseArray = client.UploadData(requestURI, method, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(requestJson));
    return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(responseArray);
}

In the not portable library System.Net I can call client.UploadData , but here I see only : postAsync and putAsync, there is a method that independent from the put or post request allow me to send the data from the client to the server ? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

In an HTTP request PUT and POST are the correct ways to transmit data to a server, it does not make sense to send data independently of these methods. When you are using a client such as that available in System.Net this is merely being abstracted away from you.

Answer 2

In your old code you used some method passed in method parameter to send data with UploadData method, and it was probably POST or PUT . If you do not specify the method for UploadData , POST is being used. So you should use PostAsync or PutAsync , based on you current code and the value of method parameter you pass to UploadData .

The simplest way would be to use something like this:

using(var client = new HttpClient())
{
    var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync(requestUrl, data);
    return await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
}

The code for PUT would be the same, but with PutAsJsonAsync