HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() Missing ??

Abhishek Kumar Ravi

13y9.4kC#

What is Wrong with it ....

HttpWebRequest myReq = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(________________________ URL with STRING ________________________________);
HttpWebResponse myResp = (HttpWebResponse)myReq.GetResponse(); // Intelisence doesn't show GetResponse()

System.IO.StreamReader respStreamReader = new System.IO.StreamReader(myResp.GetResponseStream());

string responseString = respStreamReader.ReadToEnd();

respStreamReader.Close();

Even in Object Window there is no GetResponse() method , but i do get in Windows Form /WPF section !!

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Sunny Sharma13y ago
Accepted answer
Abhishek, Sorry for I didn't pay attention on Category of the question. Yes, For Windows Phone 7, synchronous method GetResponse() doesn't exist. It's still asynchronous.
See this post, it's nicely explained:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5971866/cant-find-httpwebrequest-getresponse-in-wp7-project

Hope it helps.
Abhishek Kumar Ravi13y ago
try
{

HttpWebRequest myReq=(HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create("__________URL______");
myReq.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(FinishedWebRequest),myReq);

if(_responseString.ToString()=="1")
error=false;

MessageBox.Show(">> SEND() Completed");
}

catch
{
MessageBox.Show("ERROR: Server Busy :(");
}
}

static void FinishedWebRequest(IAsyncResult result)
{
MessageBox.Show(">> Request Sent");
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)(result.AsyncState as HttpWebRequest).EndGetResponse(result);

using (StreamReader sReader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
_responseString = sReader.ReadToEnd();
MessageBox.Show(">>Response Accepted");
}
}

_____________________________
Not working , Neither showing any exception nor any error. Just hault the screen .. :(
Sunny Sharma13y ago
Hi Abhishek,

You can modify your code like this: (I have implemented it in console app for demo)

static void Main(string[] args)
{
HttpWebRequest myReq = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("SOME_URI");

myReq.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(FinishWebRequest), myReq);

Console.ReadLine();

}

static void FinishWebRequest(IAsyncResult result)
{
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)(result.AsyncState as HttpWebRequest).EndGetResponse(result);
using (StreamReader SR = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
Console.Write(SR.ReadToEnd());
}

}
-----------------------------------------------

Hope it helps.
Abhishek Kumar Ravi13y ago
#SunnyKumar, Seems correct, but have no idea how to correct above code. If Possible, will you correct my code in asynchronous way :) 'm just out of mind :[
Abhishek Kumar Ravi13y ago
#Vulpes, Will you please elaborate, SIR !! 'm not that comfortable with it :/ .
Abhishek Kumar Ravi13y ago
Sir, I have Included that Namespace even then its not showing then. System.Net.HttpWebRequest; Even in Object window, that method is not there.
Vulpes13y ago
I've just checked the MSDN documentation for the HttpWebRequest class under the Silverlight version of the .NET framework and it will be seen that it doesn't support the GetResponse method at all:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest(v=vs.95).aspx

Silverlight and Windows Phone programming are not my thing but I'd imagine you have to use the asynchronous BeginGetResponse method instead.
Sunny Sharma13y ago
Hello Abhishek,

I hope you didn't miss addiong a reference to System.Net namespace. Do check the for the dll under references section in Solution Explorer, add it manually if not there and it will work.

Hope it helps.
Cheers!