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Nikhil Sangani
Nikhil Sangani

Reputation: 21

WebClient.DownloadString doesn't return value

I have one URL with some special characters like | and &. URL is returning JSON data.

When I am trying this URL in browser it will run and return json data but when I am trying using WebClient.DownloadString(), it will not work.

Example :

Using Browser : 

http://websvr.test.com/abc.aspx?Action=B&PacketList=116307638|1355.00

Output : 
[{"Column1":106,"Column2":"Buying Successfully."}]

Using WebClient.DownloadString():

    using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
    {
       var json = wc.DownloadString("http://websvr.test.com/abc.aspx?Action=B&PacketList=116307638|1355.00");

    }

Output : 
[{"Column1":-107,"Column2":"Invalid Parametrer Required-(RefNo|JBPrice)!"}]

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1495

Answers (2)

Roman Marusyk
Roman Marusyk

Reputation: 24609

Try to set webclient's encoding before call DownloadString() and encode url using UrlEncode Method :

WebClient.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
var url = WebUtility.UrlEncode("http://websvr.test.com/abc.aspx?Action=B&PacketList=116307638|1355.00");
var json = wc.DownloadString(url);

Upvotes: 0

Halis S.
Halis S.

Reputation: 446

You should encode PacketList parameter in your URL, because it includes pipe character, which must be encoded to %7c. Browsers automatically encode necessary characters in URL, but you should encode it in code manually.

    var json = wc.DownloadString("http://websvr.test.com/abc.aspx?Action=B&PacketList=" + 
                  System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode("116307638|1355.00");

Upvotes: 1

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