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Reputation: 2795

Xamarin UWP HttpRequestException when using non-localhost (PCL)

I'm building an application with Xamarin.Forms and a Portable Class Library. I try to do an API call which returns JSON. I have problems when running the project on Universal Windows Platform. This is the code that throws an error:

using (HttpClient wc = new HttpClient())
{
   var data = await wc.GetStringAsync("http://something.e1923.companyname.local/content-api/Category/?format=json");

This is the error:

Exception thrown: 'System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException' in mscorlib.ni.dll at System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler.d__1.MoveNext() --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task) at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter`1.GetResult() at Somethoing.RESTConnection.d__4.MoveNext()

When I used the same code but an other URL it worked perfect:

wc.GetStringAsync("http://something.localhost.companyname.local/content-api/Category/?format=json");

The code does work on Android, but not in Universal Windows Platform. Why is the above code (without localhost) not working on UWP?

I only changed from localhost to an other URL. The only requirement to have access to the non-localhost URL (in my particular case) is that you are connected to the right network (same as where the website is hosted).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 622

Answers (1)

476rick
476rick

Reputation: 2795

Krumeler asked me in the comments if I did add the required capabilities in my UWP app, so I wen't looking.

The one I didn't check was: Private Networks (Client & Server).

This was the one that needed to be checked. It works now, thanks!

Upvotes: 1

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