I need to send a gzipped byte array over HTTPS. I searched the web and only thing ı can found is SharpGIS.GZipWebClient.
However, the problem is - this third party solution only works with WebClient which allow you to send only String data.
(I'm on Windows Phone 8. Most of the WebClient methods do not exist.)
Any ideas to solve this problem?
Edit:
This is how I tried the POST JSON data over HTTPS using SharpGIS;
WebClient webClient = new SharpGIS.GZipWebClient();
webClient.Headers["Accept-Encoding"] = "gzip";
var uri = new Uri(pUrl, UriKind.Absolute);
webClient.UploadStringCompleted += new UploadStringCompletedEventHandler(wc_UploadStringCompleted);
webClient.UploadStringTaskAsync(uri, jsonAsString);
But it doesn't compresses the string as well(as using OpenWriteSync method).
You write the post data in the OpenWriteCompleted handler, like this:
void webClient_OpenWriteCompleted(object sender, OpenWriteCompletedEventArgs e)
{
Stream s = e.Result;
s.Write(jsonAsByteArray, 0, jsonAsByteArray.Length);
s.Flush();
s.Close();
}
You should also add the appropriate error handling.
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I am trying to send and receive process gzip-ed data from server on my client device application (not web).
I am sending gzip-ed content and on client side, I have following method that returns WebResponse:
protected override WebResponse GetWebResponse(WebRequest request)
{
WebResponse res = base.GetWebResponse(request);
if (((System.Net.HttpWebResponse)(res)).ContentEncoding.Contains("gzip"))
{
Stream responseStream = res.GetResponseStream();
responseStream = new GZipStream(responseStream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
}
//This returns g-ziped content as WebResponse, but I need to return
//above decompressed responseStream as WebResponse, how do I do that?
return res;
}
I am new to this but I am thinking that intercepting every response comming to my app in GetWebResponse is excellent centralized spot to decompress all responses. But the problem is how to pass the decompressed stream as response back?
Much appreciated
I've been racking my brain for a couple of days now on how to approach a new requirement.
I have two websites. The first one lets the user fill out an application. The second website is an internal website use to manage the users applications. I need to develop a "web service" that sends the application data from website 1 to website 2 and return a response to website 2 of success or failure. I have never done a web service before and I'm a bit confused on where to start. I've been reading various examples online but they all seem to be just a starting point for building a webservice... no specific examples.
So for posting the data website 1, what would my controller method look like? Do I use Json to post the data to website 2? What would and example of that look like? Is there some form of redirect in the method that points to website 2?
So for posting the response back to website 2 what would that controller method look like? I assume I would use Json again to send the response back to website 1? Is there some form of redirect in the method that points back to website 1?
I would use JSON and POST the application to the web service.
First I am assuming the application data is contained in some type of object. Use JSON.Net to serialize the object into JSON. It will look something like the following code.
var application = new Application();
string serializedApplication = JsonConvert.Serialize(application);
Second is to POST the code your endpoint(webservice, mvc action). To this you'll need to make a HTTPRequest to the endpoint. The following code is what I use to make to POST the code.
public bool Post(string url, string body)
{
//Make the post
ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = (sender, certificate, chain, errors) => true;
var bytes = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(body);
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
Stream stream = null;
try
{
request.KeepAlive = false;
request.ContentLength = bytes.Length;
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.Timeout = -1;
request.Method = "POST";
stream = request.GetRequestStream();
stream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
}
finally
{
if (stream != null)
{
stream.Flush();
stream.Close();
}
}
bool success = GetResponse(request);
return success;
}
public bool GetResponse(HttpWebRequest request)
{
bool success;
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();
success = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<bool>(end);
}
response.Close();
}
}
return success;
}
So now you have can POST JSON to an endpoint and receive a response the next step is to create the endpoint. The following code will get you started on an endpoint in mvc that will receive an application and process it.
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult SubmitApplication()
{
//Retrieve the POSTed payload
string body;
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(Request.InputStream))
{
body = reader.ReadToEnd();
reader.Close();
}
var application = JsonConvert.Deserialize<Application>(body);
//Save the application
bool success = SaveApplication(application);
//Send the server a response of success or failure.
return Json(success);
}
The above code is a good start. Please note, I have not tested this code.
You have obviously more than one client for the data & operations. so a service is what you are looking for.
ASP.NET MVC is a good candidate for developing RESTful services. If you (and your Manager) are ready to use beta version, Then Checkout ASP.NET-Web API.
If you want to stay with a stable product, Go for MVC3. you may need to write some custom code to return the data in XML as well as JSON to server different kind of clients. There are some tutorials out there.
So create a Service (ASP.NET MVC / WCF Service) .You may then create 2 client apps, one for the external clients and another for the Internal users. Both of this apps can call methods in the Service to Create/ Read the user accounts / or whatever operation you want to do.
To make the apps more interactive and lively , you may conside including a wonderful thing called SiganalR, which helps you to get some real time data without continuosly polling the data base/ middle tier very in every n seconds !
I want to create a simple login functionality in WP7 app using remote MySQL database using PHP as back-end. I have never used this in C#, so I don't know how to do this.
You can use WebClient or HttpWebRequest class to make a web request and get the response.
Here is a sample code on how to make a request and get response
WebClient client = new WebClient();
client.DownloadStringCompleted += new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(client_DownloadStringCompleted);
client.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("http://someurl", UriKind.Absolute));
And the asynchronous response handler is here
void client_DownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
{
var response= e.Result; // Response obtained from the web service
}
The above example works for any web service(it may be PHP or jsp or asp etc).
All that you need to do is to make a proper request and handling the response
I'm trying to download a regular JSON string from this url https://valueboxtest.lb.dk/mobile/categories from a Windows Phone 7 Application.
I have tried to both use WebClient and HttpWebRequest. They both throw an exception
“The remote server returned an error: NotFound”
This is the code for using the WebClient
var webClient = new WebClient();
webClient.DownloadStringCompleted += (client_DownloadStringCompleted);
webClient.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("https://valueboxtest.lb.dk/mobile/categories"));
The eventhandler then just show the content, but e.Result throws the above mentioned exception:
void client_DownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Error == null && !e.Cancelled) MessageBox.Show(e.Result);
}
For the HttpWebRequest my code looks as follows:
var httpReq = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(new Uri("https://valueboxtest.lb.dk/mobile/categories"));
httpReq.BeginGetResponse(HTTPWebRequestCallBack, httpReq);
With the following callback:
private void HTTPWebRequestCallBack(IAsyncResult result)
{
var httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)result.AsyncState;
var response = httpRequest.EndGetResponse(result);
var stream = response.GetResponseStream();
var reader = new StreamReader(stream);
this.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(
new delegateUpdate(update),
new Object[] { reader.ReadToEnd() }
);
}
And with the delegate method
delegate void delegateUpdate(string content);
private void update(string content)
{
MessageBox.Show(content);
}
Running it in a console application
Everything works just fine and the JSON string is returned with no problems and I am able to print the result to the console.
Different URL does work on WP7
The weird thing is that the URL http://mobiforge.com/rssfeed actually works fine in both of the above mentioned scenarios.
This issue occurs both in the Emulator and on an actual device.
What could be wrong? Is the REST service returning the data in misbehaving way? I really hope you can help me!
Note: I'm not running Fiddler2 at the same time!
The reason is because that site does not have a valid certificate. Just try it on Mobile Internet Explorer and you'll get the prompt about an issue with the certificate.
How to ignore SSL certificates
Mobile devices are stricter when it comes to SSL certificates.
If you want to get this app into a production environment, you'll either need to write a wrapper for this server (if it's not your own), or get a valid certificate. In the short-term, for testing, you can add a certificate into your device.
Here's a tool which might help you install a certificate.
I'm trying to make an App for windows phone 7. This app will basiclly retrive information from a website that we use at work as our working schedule then rearrange the retrived info into a metro style UI. To be honest i don't know where to start ie. how to retrive the info. Should i use webclient class? httpwebrequest class? or something else?
All idea are appriciated
Here is a:-
Update:-
Okay either im totally stupid or there is something wrong with the code i'm writing, that i can't figure it out. I was using the same code that you wrote BUT i still get an error that a definition for Proxy is not in the System.Net.WebRequest :( This is my code (the working version):-
private void MainPage_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (!App.ViewModel.IsDataLoaded)
{
App.ViewModel.LoadData();
}
string url = "https://medinet.se/*****/schema/ibsef";
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
request.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(ReadWebRequestCallBack), request);
}
private void ReadWebRequestCallBack(IAsyncResult callbackResult)
{
try
{
WebRequest myRequest = (WebRequest)callbackResult.AsyncState;
WebResponse myResponse = (WebResponse)myRequest.EndGetResponse(callbackResult);
using (StreamReader httpwebStreamReader = new StreamReader(myResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
string results = httpwebStreamReader.ReadToEnd();
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() => parsertextBlock.Text = results);
}
myResponse.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() => parsertextBlock.Text = ex.ToString());
}
}
But if i add request.Proxy=null!! i get an error, that there is no definition for Proxy in (System.Net.WebRequest). And to be honest i start getting mad of this.
Yours
/Omar
The process is called ScreenScrape and i recommend you to use Html Agility Pack http://htmlagilitypack.codeplex.com/ . Make a web service that retrieves the information from your website and rearranges to appropriate format. Use your web service by a phone and display your data.
Use WebRequest ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.aspx) and WebResponse ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webresponse(v=vs.100).aspx) .
TIP: Set the WebRequest.Proxy property ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webrequest.proxy.aspx) to null, as i find it will be much faster.
UPDATE: More info on WebRequest Proxy property
Set Proxy = null on the WebRequest object to avoid an initial delay (that way the request won't start auto detecting proxies, which i find it's faster).
WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create("yourURL");
req.Proxy = null;
It's in the System.Net namespace so put an using statement using System.Net; or
System.Net.WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create("yourURL");
req.Proxy = null;
Regards.