WebClient not found in mobile development in c#
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Rahul K...
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Hi, I am try to call JSON API in windows phone 8.1 in VS 2015. I am using WebClient to call but getting compile time error "C# The type or namespace name 'WebClient' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)". I am try to implement following code: public void CallPostAPI() {
WebClient wc = new WebClient();
var URI = new Uri("https://your_uri_goes_here");
wc.Headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json";
wc.UploadStringCompleted += new UploadStringCompletedEventHandler(CallPostAPICompleted);
wc.UploadStringAsync(URI, "POST", "Data_To_Be_sent");
}
void CallPostAPICompleted(object sender, UploadStringCompletedEventArgs e) {
try {
var result = e.Result;
} catch (Exception exc) {
//
}
}
Thanks in advance.
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Total Answered: 2 Total Marked As Answer: 0 Posted On: 05-Jun-2016 05:26 Share: 
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NiceOne...
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Hey Rahul, It's sound like you are building windows app store application for windows phone 8.1. In this case use HttpClient instead of WebClient. WebClient is available for Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1 apps. Windows Phone Runtime apps use Windows.Web.Http.HttpClient. see the following code snippet that call a json auth post api as : public static async Task<string> AuthenticateUserAsync(string UserID, string Password) {
using (var client = new HttpClient()) {
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://www.exaple.com/");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
HttpResponseMessage response;
// HTTP POST
response = await client.PostAsync("api/Auth", new StringContent("[\""+ UserID + "\",\"" + Password + "\"]", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json") );
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode) {
return response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
} else {
return response.StatusCode.ToString();
}
}
}
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05-Jun-2016 05:48
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Priya
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I found other example that use HttpClient and uses encoding to post data. using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
class Program {
static void Main() {
using (var client = new HttpClient()) {
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://localhost:6740");
var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[]
{
new KeyValuePair<string, string>("", "login")
});
var result = client.PostAsync("/api/Membership/exists", content).Result;
string resultContent = result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
Console.WriteLine(resultContent);
}
}
}
Posted On:
05-Jun-2016 06:01
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