Sending xml request to url and receiving xml response back
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Here is one way you could do this, which is basically a form post.
var xmlRequest = new XElement("CityStateLookupRequest",
new XAttribute("USERID", "XXXXXXXXX"),
new XElement("ZipCode",
new XAttribute("ID", "0"),
new XElement("Zip5", "43065")));
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://production.shippingapis.com/ShippingAPI.dll");
// parameters to post - other end expects API and XML parameters
var postData = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
postData.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("API", "CityStateLookup"));
postData.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("XML", xmlRequest.ToString()));
// assemble the request content form encoded (reference System.Net.Http)
HttpContent content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(postData);
// indicate what we are posting in the request
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.ContentLength = content.Headers.ContentLength.Value;
content.CopyToAsync(request.GetRequestStream()).Wait();
// get response
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
// as an xml: deserialise into your own object or parse as you wish
var responseXml = XDocument.Load(response.GetResponseStream());
Console.WriteLine(responseXml.ToString());
}
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NNassar
Updated on June 13, 2022Comments
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NNassar almost 2 years
I'm trying to send an xml request to a url and the response will also be an xml response. I know how to call a service endpoint from an MVC application but I'm not sure how to call this url and how to read what it will give me back. This is what I have so far. Is this in the right direction?
Request:
<CityStateLookupRequest USERID=”xxxxxxxx”> <ZipCode ID="0"> <Zip5>90210</Zip5> </ZipCode> </CityStateLookupRequest>
Response:
<CityStateLookupResponse> <ZipCode ID="0"> <Zip5>90210</Zip5> <City>BEVERLY HILLS</City> <State>CA</State> </ZipCode> </CityStateLookupResponse>
C# Code:
var xmlRequest = new XElement("CityStateLookupRequest", new XAttribute("USERID", "XXXXXXXXX"), new XElement("ZipCode", new XAttribute("ID", "0"), new XElement("Zip5", "43065"))); HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(" http://production.shippingapis.com/ShippingAPI.dll"); byte[] bytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(xmlRequest.ToString()); request.ContentType = "text/xml; encoding='utf-8'"; request.ContentLength = bytes.Length; request.Method = "POST"; Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream(); requestStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length); requestStream.Close(); HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse(); if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK) { var xmlDoc = new XmlDocument(); xmlDoc.Load(response.GetResponseStream()); }