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WebRequestExtension - Ninja - Jan 21, 2017
Since I see a lot of people still use the old and deprecated WebRequest (yes it still has its uses sometimes, but there are better alternatives) I decided to release this. It is an extension method so adding headers and setting postdata becomes much easier and you can send a request in as little as 2 lines.
https://gist.github.com/GekkeVent/c3b8766e271a5741be474041c428f9a8
Example
Code
NameValueCollection headers = new NameValueCollection()
{
{"Accept", "*/*"}
};
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.CreateHttp("url");
request.SetHeaders(headers);
string source = request.GetSource();* - teh_distance - Jan 21, 2017
oooh very useful, I also made something like this almost a month ago.
* - Cecilia - Jan 21, 2017
You should add an override for SetPost to be compatible with a NameValueCollection...
That'd be nice to see.
* - Ninja - Jan 21, 2017
(Jan 21, 2017 10:46 PM)LaPanthere Wrote: You should add an override for SetPost to be compatible with a NameValueCollection...
That'd be nice to see.
Never thought about that. How about FormUrlEncodedContent though?
* - Cecilia - Jan 21, 2017
(Jan 21, 2017 10:49 PM)Ninja Wrote: Never thought about that. How about FormUrlEncodedContent though?
I don't think that's available in 4.0 (sadface).
I guess you can use that :/
* - Dialog - Jan 22, 2017
HttpWebRequest isn't deprecated, only its constructors are. See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.aspx#Anchor_6
A good alternative is HttpClient, though.
* - Ninja - Jan 22, 2017
(Jan 22, 2017 05:10 AM)Dialog Wrote: HttpWebRequest isn't deprecated, only its constructors are. See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.aspx#Anchor_6
A good alternative is HttpClient, though.
What I mean is its old. There are better alternatives like WebClient and HttpClient (only in 4.0+).
* - JJack - Jan 23, 2017
Thank you for the code snippet. I didn't know about this method.
* - abratar - May 13, 2017
what happend? i was looking for a web request class and remembered that you made one and now that i need it its gone...
* - Ninja - May 13, 2017
(May 13, 2017 08:17 AM)abratar Wrote: what happend? i was looking for a web request class and remembered that you made one and now that i need it its gone...
I dont know what happened to the link. Here it is again:
https://gist.github.com/GekkeVent/c3b8766e271a5741be474041c428f9a8
* - RyanR45 - May 15, 2017
(May 13, 2017 06:18 PM)Ninja Wrote: I dont know what happened to the link. Here it is again:
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* - Ast0r - May 16, 2017
(Jan 22, 2017 09:10 PM)Ninja Wrote: What I mean is its old. There are better alternatives like WebClient and HttpClient (only in 4.0+).
Depending on the task, WebClient may not be able to do it but WebRequest can.🤝
* - Ninja - May 16, 2017
(May 16, 2017 06:01 AM)Ast0r Wrote: Depending on the task, WebClient may not be able to do it but WebRequest can.🤝
I do agree that WebRequests allows for easier 'low level' control over the WebClient. You can however inherit WebClient and add cookie support and what not.
* - HFDone - May 16, 2017
I do agree that WebRequests allows for easier 'low level' control over the webrequest 😧
* - Ninja - May 16, 2017
(May 16, 2017 08:45 AM)HFDone Wrote: I do agree that WebRequests allows for easier 'low level' control over the webrequest 😧
Meant WebClient. Fixed it.