I need to call a third party legacy service with XML payload as a POST request from Asp.net Web API but I get an exception, it works fine from Console program. Any idea how to achieve this will be greatly appreciated.
Exception on execution of code line
Stream dataStream = webRequest.GetRequestStream() in the SubmitRequest():
The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.
Inner Exception: Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
To test this I just called the SubmitRequest() private method from Home\Index action with a valid url on line WebRequest.Create.
I have put a fake url (https://test.legacy3rdparty.com/API/API.aspx) instead of real one here in the question. But it is "https" url.
private static void SubmitRequest(string request)
{
byte[] dataToSend = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(request);
// Change the following URL to point to production instead of integration
WebRequest webRequest = WebRequest.Create("https://test.legacy3rdparty.com/API/API.aspx");
webRequest.Method = "POST";
webRequest.ContentLength = dataToSend.Length;
webRequest.ContentType = "text/xml";
try
{
Stream dataStream = webRequest.GetRequestStream(); //THIS LINE CAUSES THE EXCEPTION
dataStream.Write(dataToSend, 0, dataToSend.Length);
dataStream.Close();
string response = string.Empty;
try
{
WebResponse apiResponse = webRequest.GetResponse();
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(apiResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
response += sr.ReadToEnd();
}
}
catch (WebException wex)
{
HttpWebResponse httpResponse = wex.Response as HttpWebResponse;
using (Stream responseStream = httpResponse.GetResponseStream())
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream))
{
response = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw;
}
// Call Parse Function for the XML response
//ParseResponse(response);
}
This had to do with TLS handshaking. So when I updated the .net run time target framework in the in Web.config file to 4.6 it worked.
<system.web>
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.6" />
</system.web>
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I am invoking a AWS Lambda function from the AWS API Gateway. The returned JSON needs to be zipped since it sometimes became too big (body size too large etc). However, I have some issues getting the response through the API Gateway. This is my Java code:
#Override
public JSONObject handleRequest(Object input, Context context) {
String json_string = "";
try {
Gson gson = new Gson();
json_string = gson.toJson(input, LinkedHashMap.class);
} catch (ClassCastException ex) {
json_string = (String) input;
}
GenerateJson generateJson = new GenerateJson ();
String body = "";
try {
JSONParser parser = new JSONParser();
Object jsonObj = parser.parse(json_string);
JSONObject matchesobj = (JSONObject) jsonObj;
if (matchesobj.containsKey("body")) {
body = (String) matchesobj.get("body");
} else {
JSONObject error = new JSONObject();
error.put("error", "No body with Base64 data in Request.");
System.out.println(error.toJSONString());
return error;
}
} catch (ParseException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
byte[] decodedBytes = Base64.getDecoder().decode(body);
String decodedString = new String(decodedBytes);
// System.out.println(decodedString);
JSONObject json = generateJson .getJson(decodedString, "", 2);
JSONObject returnObject = new JSONObject();
JSONObject headers = new JSONObject();
returnObject.put("statusCode", 205);
returnObject.put("isBase64Encoded", true);
// returnObject.put("Content-Encoding", "gzip");
returnObject.put("headers", headers);
returnObject.put("body", compressStringAndReturnBase64(json.toString()));
return (returnObject);
}
public static String compressStringAndReturnBase64(String srcTxt) {
ByteArrayOutputStream rstBao = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
GZIPOutputStream zos;
try {
zos = new GZIPOutputStream(rstBao);
zos.write(srcTxt.getBytes());
IOUtils.closeQuietly(zos);
byte[] bytes = rstBao.toByteArray();
String base64comp = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(bytes);
System.out.println("Json String is " + srcTxt.toString().getBytes().length + " compressed " + bytes.length + " compressed Base64 " + base64comp.getBytes().length);
return base64comp;
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
return "";
}
I've checked the Base64 output and that seems to work fine (pasted it in https://www.base64decode.org/). In addition, when I check with Postman, I get a binary blob which can be unpacked with 7-zip if I save the response to something that ends with .gz.
Under settings, the API Gateway Binary Media Types has been set to /
But I'd like to have the client "see" that it is GZIPped and decode it on the fly. However, when I add the line
returnObject.put("Content-Encoding", "gzip");
I get {"message": "Internal server error"} and in the AWS API logs: Execution failed due to configuration error: Malformed Lambda proxy response
The Lambda logs are fine, so it did execute successfully, just wasn't able to be returned.
I am thinking I need some more tweaking on the API Gateway side, any ideas?
This sounds like the binary support setting on API Gateway isn't configured correctly; API gateway is trying to parse the response from your lambda rather than passing it on directly to the client.
You can update this setting in the console:
In your HTTP request add "Accept" header with payload content type.
Accept: application/gzip
Also in the HTTP response, there should be "Content-Type" header indicating response content type.
Content-Type: application/gzip
Your lambda returns Base64 encoded binary data to API Gateway. So in order to decode data your HTTP request's Accept header and Response's Content-type headers should there.
I have a WP7 app where I'm trying to reconstruct an HTTPWebRequest that I have successfully written elsewhere using the synchronous methods (pasted at end) but which doesn't work in WP7, I assume because I'm doing something wrong with the Asynchronous versions of these methods.
I believe the issue stems from the fact that the non-working code on the Compact Framework can only send a bytearray[] - I don't have the option of sending the json string. If I send a bytearray in the code that works, I get an error there too. Is there a different option?
Here is my code - this does not work. The exception is thrown on the 2nd line of the last method - "Using(var respons ...)":
public void CreateUser()
{
var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://staging.cloudapp.net:8080/api/users/");
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "text/json; charset=utf-8";
request.BeginGetRequestStream(new AsyncCallback(RequestCallback), request);
}
private static void RequestCallback(IAsyncResult result)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)result.AsyncState;
using (Stream postStream = request.EndGetRequestStream(result))
{
User user = new User("Windows", "Phone", "USCA");
Formatting formatting = new Formatting();
JsonSerializerSettings settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
settings.ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore;
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(user, formatting, settings);
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json);
postStream.Write(byteArray, 0, json.Length);
}
request.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(ResponseCallback), request);
}
private static void ResponseCallback(IAsyncResult result)
{
var request = (HttpWebRequest)result.AsyncState;
using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.EndGetResponse(result))
{
using (Stream streamResponse = response.GetResponseStream())
{
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(streamResponse);
string responseString = reader.ReadToEnd();
reader.Close();
}
}
}
This code works (non-compact framework version of the same request):
HttpWebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.Create("http://staging.cloudapp.net/api/users/") as HttpWebRequest;
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "text/json";
using (var writer = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream()))
{
User user = new user("Other", "Guy", "USWC");
Formatting formatting = new Formatting();
JsonSerializerSettings settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
settings.ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore;
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(user, formatting, settings);
writer.Write(json);
}
var response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse;
using (var reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
var responseText = reader.ReadToEnd();
return responseText;
}
thanks for any help!
looks like the server is responding with a "404 not found". Does the resource you are requesting exist at the server?
Does your JSON contain any non 7-bit ASCII characters, as you are currently doing:
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json);
postStream.Write(byteArray, 0, json.Length);
The number of bytes might not be identical to the number of characters in your string, which could lead to a malformed request.
It would be worthwhile using something like Fiddler to verify what is actually going over the wire from the emulator or phone (there are instructions on the Fiddler website for how to do this)
Well - I'm not sure why this problem went away. I liked #RowlandShaw's suggestion, but I didn't actually change anything in the json. Wish I could give a better solution.
I'm attempting to build a GET webservice that would from website 1 initiate a GET request...sending that request to website 2 and website two would respond by sending a list of objects. I using Json.net to serialize and deserialize the List of objects.
I've put together a POST webservice with the assistance of this question.. WebService ASP.NET MVC 3 Send and Receive
But I've been unsuccessful so far at adapting that example for my new requirement.
Here is what I have so far from website 1..
public static List<ScientificFocusArea> ScientificFocusAreas()
{
string apiURL = "http://localhost:50328/Api/GetAPI";
//Make the post
ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = (sender, certificate, chain, errors) => true;
//var bytes = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(body);
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(apiURL);
Stream stream = null;
try
{
request.KeepAlive = false;
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.Timeout = -1;
request.Method = "GET";
}
finally
{
if (stream != null)
{
stream.Flush();
stream.Close();
}
}
List<ScientificFocusArea> listSFA = WebService.GetResponse_ScientificFocusArea(request);
return listSFA;
}
public static List<ScientificFocusArea> GetResponse_ScientificFocusArea(HttpWebRequest request)
{
List<ScientificFocusArea> listSFA = new List<ScientificFocusArea>();
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK && response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.Created)
{
throw new HttpException((int)response.StatusCode, response.StatusDescription);
}
var end = string.Empty;
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream))
{
end = reader.ReadToEnd();
reader.Close();
listSFA = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<ScientificFocusArea>>(end);
}
response.Close();
}
}
return listSFA;
}
Then on the website 2...
public class GetAPIController : Controller
{
//
// GET: /Api/GetAPI/
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Get)]
public ActionResult GetScientificFocusAreas()
{
//Get list of SFAs
List<ScientificFocusArea> ListSFA = CreateList.ScientificFocusArea();
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(ListSFA, Formatting.Indented);
//Send the the seralized object.
return Json(json);
}
}
Also, on website 2, I've registered this route for the incoming request...
context.MapRoute(
"GetScientificFocusAreas",
"Api/GetAPI/",
new
{
controller = "GetAPI",
action = "GetScientificFocusAreas",
id = UrlParameter.Optional
}
);
I'm currently getting the error.. he remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
Any help would me greatly appreciated.
The problem seems like a routing issue. I would start with the RouteDebugger which can be found here. This tool gives insight into which routes your URL is hitting.
The code I use for a HTTP GET is a bit different that what you have above. It's included below.
public T Get<T>(string url)
{
try
{
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url) as HttpWebRequest;
using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK && response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.Created)
{
throw new HttpException((int)response.StatusCode, response.StatusDescription);
}
var end = string.Empty;
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream))
{
end = reader.ReadToEnd();
reader.Close();
}
responseStream.Close();
response.Close();
JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
serializer.Binder = new DefaultSerializationBinder();
JsonReader jsonReader = new JsonTextReader(new StringReader(end));
T deserialize = serializer.Deserialize<T>(jsonReader);
return deserialize;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new ApiException(string.Format("An error occured while trying to contact the API. URL: {0}", url), ex);
}
}
The other issue I see is in the GetScientificFocusAreas() method. On the second line of the code the objects are converted to JSON. Which is fine, but the last line of code the json is passed into the Json() method. Which converts the string into Json yet again. When using the JSON.Net library use the Content() method in the return instead of Json() and set the content type to application/json
The reasoning for using an external Json converter rather than the internal converter is simply the internal json converter has a few known issues. JSON.Net has been around for years and is solid.
I am new to this forum as well as Windows Phone Development. I am currently developing an app in which I am working with a Web-Service and I need to make a POST request to a web service.
I am trying to accomplish a user login functionality here for which,
-> http://abc.com/login (URI)
-> (PARAMETERS)
apikey: 32 byte long alpha-numeric
username: 3-15 characters
password: 3-15 characters
So for this I am trying to use WebClient class' UploadStringSync method in order to POST the data. My code is as follows.
WebClient wc1 = new WebClient();
wc1.UploadStringAsync(new Uri("http://abc.com/login"),"POST","?apikey=" + Apikey + "&username=username&password=password");
wc1.UploadStringCompleted += new UploadStringCompletedEventHandler(wc1_UploadStringCompleted);
void wc1_UploadStringCompleted(object sender, UploadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.Result);
}
Execution stops here at MessageBox line and throws message saying 'The remote server returned an error: NotFound.'
Is there any problem with the way I am passing the parameters? I tried to search for the working implementation everywhere but was unable to find it.
Can anybody help me with this? This is a starting point of my project and really need help on this one. Any help would be much appreciated.
try this:
public void Post(string address, string parameters, Action<string> onResponseGot)
{
Uri uri = new Uri(address);
HttpWebRequest r = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
r.Method = "POST";
r.BeginGetRequestStream(delegate(IAsyncResult req)
{
var outStream = r.EndGetRequestStream(req);
using (StreamWriter w = new StreamWriter(outStream))
w.Write(parameters);
r.BeginGetResponse(delegate(IAsyncResult result)
{
try
{
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)r.EndGetResponse(result);
using (var stream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
onResponseGot(reader.ReadToEnd());
}
}
}
catch
{
onResponseGot(null);
}
}, null);
}, null);
}
I did this and it worked
WebClient web = new WebClient();
web.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentType] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
web.UploadStringAsync((new Uri("http://www.something.com/?page=something")), "POST", string.Format("v1=onevalue&v2=anothervalue"));
web.UploadStringCompleted += web_UploadStringCompleted;
and after upload is complete to get the html i used htmlagilitypack, you can just get the whole html using e.Result
HtmlDocument doc = new HtmlDocument();
doc.LoadHtml(e.Result);
HtmlNode node = doc.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("//body//table");
MessageBox.Show(node.InnerText);
I need to use POST to post a string to server and get xml response, the status code is OK but the string reponse is always ="" (0 byte). Is there any thing wrong with my code? I check the server from blackberry, works fine so the problem must come from my code:
protected override void OnNavigatedTo(System.Windows.Navigation.NavigationEventArgs e)
{
s = NavigationContext.QueryString["parameter1"];
//string strConnectUrl = "http://www.contoso.com/example.aspx";
base.OnNavigatedTo(e);
// DoWebClient(s);
try
{
HttpWebRequest httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(strConnectUrl);
httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";
httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8";
// start the asynchronous operation
httpWebRequest.BeginGetRequestStream(new AsyncCallback(GetRequestStreamCallback), httpWebRequest);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
}
}
private static void GetRequestStreamCallback(IAsyncResult asynchronousResult)
{
// string XML_REQUEST = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><mybroker"><getConnections></mybroker>";
string post = "?&track=love";
try
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)asynchronousResult.AsyncState;
// End the operation
Stream postStream = request.EndGetRequestStream(asynchronousResult);
// Convert the string into a byte array.
byte[] postBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(post);
// Write to the request stream.
postStream.Write(postBytes, 0, postBytes.Length);
postStream.Close();
// Start the asynchronous operation to get the response
request.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(GetResponseCallback), request);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
}
}
static Stream str;
static string st;
private static void GetResponseCallback(IAsyncResult asynchronousResult)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)asynchronousResult.AsyncState;
// End the operation
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.EndGetResponse(asynchronousResult);
HttpStatusCode rcode = response.StatusCode;
Stream streamResponse = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader streamRead = new StreamReader(streamResponse);
//****THIS ALWAYS RETURN "" VALUE, EXPECT TO RETURN XML STRING****
string responseString = streamRead.ReadToEnd();
//Console.WriteLine(responseString);
// Close the stream object
streamResponse.Close();
streamRead.Close();
// Release the HttpWebResponse
response.Close();
}
*EDIT**
The code work, however the server return parameter require the Ampersand(&) which is not allow in silverlight framework I think, remove the & char server response but the result wasn't correct. I will ask a new question refer this Ampersand
Have checked your call using Fiddler. The server is returning an empty body. Your code is working correctly. The problem is server side.
The post value should be "track=love".
I tried and it worked but the response is gzip encoded.
Fiddler says that the request is good, and that the response really is blank. If it's working from Blackberry and not from WP7, could the server be doing some user agent checking and not returning anything because it doesn't recognize the WP7 user agent?
Also, it looks like you're POSTing a query string ("?&track=love") which is sort of unusual. Are you sure that's the right data to be sending in your request?