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Hi all,

I need to send a csv file to a https site. The instructions I have been given to talk to the https have cURL commands so I am trying to duplicate this. I'm am trying to via httpwebrequest and httpWebReponse but I can't get it to work. I have based it on the ftpwebrequest / response from Axaptapedia but the actual send of the binary data has caused an error.

the cURL instuctions are:-

curl --request POST \

--header 'Authorization: bearer tokenforauthorisation' \

--header 'Content-type: text/csv' \

--header 'Accept: text/plain' \

--data-binary @/myhome/salesdata-20160512.csv \

https://a_url_to_post_to/api

to emulate this I have used the following code (currently as a job) but I get an error 415 "unsupported Media Type" when I try to get the response - debugger error appears on line = webreq.GetResponse();

Any pointers would be greatfully accepted as I'm running out of time to get this live.

Thanks

Paulina

private void SendToAPI_PT()
{
System.Net.HttpWebRequest webReq;
System.Net.HttpWebResponse webRes;

    System.Exception    ex,webexception;

    CLRObject                               clrObj,httpresponse;
    System.IO.Stream                        stream;
    InteropPermission                       permission;
    System.IO.StreamReader                  streamRead;
    System.IO.StreamWriter                  streamWrite;
    System.Net.ServicePoint                 servicePt;
    System.Text.Encoding                    utf8;
    System.String                           filecontents;
    System.IO.StreamReader                  reader;
    System.Byte[]                           bytes;

    FilePath                                file;

    System.Net.WebHeaderCollection headers = new System.Net.WebHeaderCollection();

    System.Net.Authorization   bearer      = new System.Net.Authorization('Log_access_code');
    file =                          @"C:\users\paulina\salesdata_blank.csv";
    // Read file
    reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(file);
    utf8 = System.Text.Encoding::get_UTF8();
    bytes = utf8.GetBytes( reader.ReadToEnd() );
    reader.Close();

        //This line gives the user control to run unmanaged and managed code
    new InteropPermission(InteropKind::ClrInterop).assert();
        // Create Object for adding headers
    headers = new System.Net.WebHeaderCollection();

    clrObj = System.Net.WebRequest::Create('https://a_url_to_post_to/api');
    webReq = clrObj;
        //Set Method Type
    webReq.set_Method('POST');
    webReq.set_KeepAlive(true);

        // Set Content type
    webReq.set_ContentType('text/csv');
    webReq.set_Accept('text/plain');
    webReq.set_ContentLength(bytes.get_Length());

        // Add Authorization code

headers.Add('Authorization: bearer tokenforauthorisation');

            //Add header to request
    webReq.set_Headers(headers);
        //Get Service Point
    servicePt = webReq.get_ServicePoint();
    servicePt.set_Expect100Continue(false);
        //Gets the response object

    try
    {
       // calling [Begin]GetRequestStream before [Begin]GetResponse.

        Stream = webreq.GetRequestStream();
        Stream.Write(bytes,0,bytes.get_Length());
        Stream.Close();


        webres = webreq.GetResponse();
        info(webres.get_StatusDescription());
        webRes.Close();
    }
    catch (Exception::CLRError)
    {
        ex = CLRInterop::getLastException();

        info(ex.ToString());
        if (ex != null)
        {
            ex = ex.get_InnerException();
            if ((ex != null) && (ex is System.Net.WebException))
            {
                webException = ex as System.Net.WebException;
                info(webexception.ToString());

}
}

}