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h3n
h3n

Reputation: 5248

How to get json response using system.net.webrequest in c#?

I need to get json data from an external domain.
I used WebRequest to get the response from a website.
Here's the code:

var request = WebRequest.Create(url);
string text;
var response = (HttpWebResponse) request.GetResponse();

using (var sr = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
    text = sr.ReadToEnd();
}

Does anyone know why I can't get the json data?

Upvotes: 88

Views: 161320

Answers (2)

Martin Buberl
Martin Buberl

Reputation: 47144

Some APIs want you to supply the appropriate "Accept" header in the request to get the wanted response type.

For example if an API can return data in XML and JSON and you want the JSON result, you would need to set the HttpWebRequest.Accept property to "application/json".

HttpWebRequest httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(requestUri);
httpWebRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Get;
httpWebRequest.Accept = "application/json";

Upvotes: 76

Oren A
Oren A

Reputation: 5890

You need to explicitly ask for the content type.

Add this line: 

 request.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
At the appropriate place

Upvotes: 70

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