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c#tfstfsbuildtfs-2015
JL.
JL.

Reputation: 81372

How do you send a patch request from a c# client?

I have a powershell script that does this :

    $uri = "$($tfsUri)/$($teamproject)/_apis/build/builds/$($buildID)?api-version=2.0"
    $data = @{keepForever = $keepForever} | ConvertTo-Json
    $response = $webclient.UploadString($uri,"PATCH", $data)

I'm trying to rewrite this in C#, using a Webclient.

WebClient client = new WebClient();
client.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
string reply = client.UploadString(url, "keepForever = true");
Console.WriteLine(reply);

But I get : The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.

This is TFS 2015 VNext, if that helps.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4455

Answers (2)

Ralf Bönning
Ralf Bönning

Reputation: 15485

In order to send a PATCH request you can use WebClient.UploadData.

string data = "keepForever = true";
WebClient client = new WebClient();
client.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
string reply = client.UploadData(url, "PATCH", System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data));
Console.WriteLine(reply);

Upvotes: 3

Murray Foxcroft
Murray Foxcroft

Reputation: 13795

You are missing the METHOD in your call to UploadString. 

string reply = client.UploadString(url, "keepForever = true");

should be:

string reply = client.UploadString(url, "PATCH", "keepForever = true");

A 401 is unauthorised, so also see if there is a step before in your Powershell where you are logging in or joining a session, you would need to replicate that in your C#.

Upvotes: 10

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