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I am trying to get response with return=representation but its saying bad header can anyone help on this

1.How to get errors in return=representation
2.How to add header and retrieve GUID for Creation on record i tried with following code

Dim URL As String = String.Empty
        Dim response As HttpResponseMessage
        Dim mailMessage As New StringBuilder
        Try
            System.Net.ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = True
            System.Net.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = System.Net.SecurityProtocolType.Tls12
            authContext = New AuthenticationContext(authority, False)
            clientCredential = New ClientCredential(clientId, appKey)
            Dim result As AuthenticationResult = Nothing
            result = authContext.AcquireToken(serviceUrl, clientCredential)
            httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = New AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", result.AccessToken)
            httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Prefer", "odata.includeannotations=OData.Community.Display.V1.FormattedValue")
            httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Prefer", "return=representation ")

            URL = "https"//test.dynamics.com" & "/api/data/v9.0/accounts?$select=name" 'Giving dummy url (https"//test.dynamics.com )for security reasons in question change your url 
            Dim createrequest1 As HttpRequestMessage = New HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, URL)
            createrequest1.Content = New StringContent(InputJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
            response = httpClient.SendAsync(createrequest1).Result


            Dim contact1Uri As String = ""
            If response.StatusCode = System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NoContent Then
                contact1Uri = response.Headers.GetValues("OData-EntityId").FirstOrDefault()
            End If
            If (ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("IsEmail").ToString().ToUpper() = "ON".ToUpper() Or String.IsNullOrEmpty(contact1Uri)) Then
                Dim strEmailSubject As String = "FAILED: Error in Dynamics post method"
                mailMessage.Append("Operation attempted: Error in Dynamics post method" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)
                mailMessage.Append("Error date: " & DateTime.Now & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)
                mailMessage.Append("File: " & HttpContext.Current.Request.FilePath & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)
                mailMessage.Append("Call: " & Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name & vbCrLf & vbCrLf)
                mailMessage.Append("General error: " & "Post URL :"   URL   "
Json Input :"   InputJson   "
Json Response :"   response.ReasonPhrase.ToString()   ""   response.Content.ToString()   "")
                Utilities.SendEmail(HttpContext.Current.Application.Item("ErrorEmail_From").ToString, HttpContext.Current.Application.Item("ErrorEmail_High"), String.Empty, String.Empty, strEmailSubject, mailMessage.ToString, False, Net.Mail.MailPriority.Normal)
            End If
            Return contact1Uri

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