Im trying to use http post to transfer data from flutter to SAP. I can get data without any problem, but post attempt is failing with code 403 (x-csrf-token invalid)
I had the same problem while working in C# but that was resolved using event handler, that triggers just before save (please see below extract of C# code) but i'm unable to find option in flutter. Please guide..
zZSSALE1SRVEntity.SendingRequest2 += new EventHandler<SendingRequest2EventArgs>(_container_SendingRequest_Enhance);
zZSSALE1SRVEntity.SaveChanges();
private void _container_SendingRequest_Enhance(object sender, SendingRequest2EventArgs e)
{
HttpWebResponse response;
string empty = string.Empty;
string str = string.Empty;
CookieContainer cookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
OdataSsaleDEV.ZZSSALE1_SRV_Entities zZSSALE1SRVEntity = new OdataSsaleDEV.ZZSSALE1_SRV_Entities(app_uri)
{
Credentials = credentials
};
string str1 ;
if (empty == string.Empty)
{
HttpWebRequest credentials = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(zZSSALE1SRVEntity.BaseUri);
credentials.Method = "GET";
credentials.Headers.Add("X-CSRF-Token", "Fetch");
credentials.Credentials = zZSSALE1SRVEntity.Credentials;
cookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
credentials.CookieContainer = cookieContainer;
try
{
response = (HttpWebResponse)credentials.GetResponse();
}
catch (WebException webException)
{
MessageBox.Show(webException.Message);
return;
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
MessageBox.Show(exception.Message);
return;
}
empty = response.Headers.Get("X-CSRF-Token");
str = response.Headers.Get("Set-Cookie");
credentials.Abort();
}
if (empty != string.Empty)
{
e.RequestMessage.SetHeader("x-csrf-token", empty);
foreach (Cookie cooky in cookieContainer.GetCookies(zZSSALE1SRVEntity.BaseUri))
{
str1 = string.Concat(str1, ";", cooky.ToString());
}
e.RequestMessage.SetHeader("Cookie", str1.Substring(1));
}
Issue resolved.
Actually server requires session cookies (MYSAPSSO and SAP_SESSIONID) along with x-csrf-token.
I'm trying to use Bing Spatial Data Service of Microsoft by using Java from my server. (I used this code : How to send HTTP request in java?) but it doesnt work at all.
What I want to do: get latitude and longitude from a given adress
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
System.out.println(SendRequete());
}
static String SendRequete(){
String bingMapsKey = "zzzzzzzzzz";
String contentType="text/plain";
String targetURL = "http://dev.virtualearth.net/";
String urlParameters="REST/v1/Locations?countryRegion=France&locality=Paris&postalCode=75001&addressLine=rue%20de%20la%20paix&key=" + bingMapsKey;
System.out.println(targetURL+urlParameters);
try{
HttpURLConnection connection = null;
URL url = new URL(targetURL);
connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", contentType);
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Length",
Integer.toString(urlParameters.getBytes().length));
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Language", "en-US");
connection.setUseCaches(false);
connection.setDoOutput(true);
//request
DataOutputStream wr = new DataOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream());
wr.writeBytes(urlParameters);
wr.close();
//Get Response
InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer(); // or StringBuffer if Java version 5+
String line;
while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(line);
response.append(line);
response.append('\r');
}
rd.close();
return response.toString();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
I keep having the same results:
<html><head><title>Object moved</title></head><body>
<h2>Object moved to here.</h2>
</body></html>
</body></html>ed to here.</h2>
ml><head><title>Object moved</title></head><body>
If I copy and paste on y browser it works fine... Any idea of where the problem is
Looks like you are using the Bing Maps REST services not the Bing Spatial Data Services. The REST services can geocode individual locations on demand, while the Spatial Data Services can geocode up to 200,000 locations in a single request.
Assuming you mean the REST services, yes, the URL you are creating is correct. However you are passing in part of the URL as URL parameters when you shouldn't be. Also, you need to make a GET request, not a POST request. Here is a modified version of your code that should work.
static String SendRequete(){
String bingMapsKey = "zzzzzzzzzz";
String contentType="text/plain";
String targetURL = "http://dev.virtualearth.net/";
String urlParameters="REST/v1/Locations?countryRegion=France&locality=Paris&postalCode=75001&addressLine=rue%20de%20la%20paix&key=" + bingMapsKey;
System.out.println(targetURL+urlParameters);
try{
URL url = new URL(targetURL + urlParameters);
URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
//Get Response
InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer(); // or StringBuffer if Java version 5+
String line;
while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(line);
response.append(line);
response.append('\r');
}
rd.close();
return response.toString();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
I am trying to create a java program that will search for certain files in Box Storage. For this i am trying to use the Box Java SDK and i created an application in Box (https://app.box.com/developers/services).
When i use the developer token i am able to traverse through my box parent/child folders. Since this token is valid for 60 mins i want to programmatically retrieve and set the token. When i looked at the manuals it says to manully call api's to get these tokens.
I tried the below code..
BoxAPIConnection api = new BoxAPIConnection(clientid,clientsecret);
String accesstoken = api.getAccessToken();
String refreshtoken = api.getRefreshToken();
I dont want to throw a box login page to the user and want to run this program as a daemon which will search files and spit out some report text file.
Thanks for all the help.
It is possible to manage Box login through code.
For the first time you access Box.com and get the client id, client secret, access token and refresh token.
Save it in DB or property file.
Use below code, and each and every time update the actual access and refresh token.
String accessToken = // access token from DB/property
String refreshToken = // refresh token from DB/property
String boxClientId = // client id from DB/property
String boxClientSecret = // client secret from DB/property
try {
BoxAPIConnection api = new BoxAPIConnection(boxClientId, boxClientSecret, accessToken, refreshToken);
api.addListener(new BoxAPIConnectionListener() {
#Override
public void onRefresh(BoxAPIConnection api) {
String newAccessToken = api.getAccessToken();
String newrefreshToken = api.getRefreshToken();
// update new access and refresh token in DB/property
}
#Override
public void onError(BoxAPIConnection api, BoxAPIException error) {
LOGGER.error("Error in Box account details. " + error.getMessage());
}
});
LOGGER.debug("Completed Box authentication");
} catch (Exception e) {
LOGGER.error("Error in Box authentication. Error msg : " + e.getMessage());
}
If you use a state.conf file, you'll be able to refresh the token/refres_token pair programmatically without getting an auth code. Here's a code snippet that I use:
private static BoxAPIConnection getBoxAPIConnection(String client_id, String client_secret, String token, String refresh_token, String stateConfPath) {
String state = null;
try {
logger.info("Getting state.conf: " + stateConfPath + "/state.conf");
InputStream fis = new FileInputStream(stateConfPath + "/state.conf");
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(fis, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
state = br.readLine();
}
catch (FileNotFoundException f) {
try {
// create file if it doesn't exist
PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(stateConfPath + "/state.conf", "UTF-8");
writer.println("");
writer.close();
}
catch (Exception w) {
logger.fatal("Exception", w);
}
}
catch (IOException e) {
logger.fatal("IOException", e);
}
BoxAPIConnection api = null;
//if (null == state || "".equals(state)) {
if (!token.equals("") && !refresh_token.equals("")) {
api = new BoxAPIConnection(client_id, client_secret, token, refresh_token);
} else {
logger.info("Restoring state..." + state);
api = BoxAPIConnection.restore(client_id, client_secret, state);
if (api.needsRefresh()) { // this is not a reliable call. It can still throw a 401 below
logger.info("api refreshing...");
api.refresh();
}
else {
logger.info("api good...");
}
}
return api;
}
all
I am working on JIRA, i am sending the authentication request from saparate code and i am getting the response, later i need to fetch all issues from the JIRA than i am sending the request that time i am getting the 401 (Unauthorized) while i am sending the same username and password with gZip compression.
my first request code is following where from i am getting the proper response as authenticated.
string urll = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["globalUrlForLP"];
HttpWebRequest request;
WebResponse response;
String uri;
LpResponse lp_response;
uri = urll + url;
request = WebRequest.Create(uri) as HttpWebRequest;
request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
request.Method = verb;
request.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate;
request.Headers.Set("Authorization", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(this.Username + ":" + this._password)));
if (null != data)
{
request.ContentType = "application/json";
String jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data);
byte[] jsonPayloadByteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(jsonPayload.ToCharArray());
request.GetRequestStream().Write(jsonPayloadByteArray, 0, jsonPayloadByteArray.Length);
}
lp_response = new LpResponse();
try
{
response = request.GetResponse();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
lp_response.response = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
lp_response.error = e;
}
return lp_response;
}
from it i am getting response as following.
{
"session": {
"name": "JSESSIONID",
"value": "12345678901234567890"
},
"loginInfo": {
"failedLoginCount": 10,
"loginCount": 127,
"lastFailedLoginTime": "2014-10-28T06:52:52.211+0000",
"previousLoginTime": "2014-10-28T06:52:52.211+0000"
}
}
Now come to the point, I want to get all projects from the JIRA for that i written following code and i am getting here 401 Unathorized. After getting this i read the JIRA REST Api documentation and there i found following.
"Returns information about the caller's session if the caller is authenticated.
Note that the response contains the Set-Cookie HTTP headers that must be honoured by the caller. If you are using a cookie-aware
HTTP client then it will handle all Set-Cookie headers automatically. This is important because setting the JSESSIONID cookie alone may
not be sufficient for the authentication to work."
so please suggest me what i need to do more with following code ?
my Failure code is following.
string url = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["urlAllJiraProject"];
LpResponse res = new LpResponse();
HttpWebRequest request;
WebResponse response;
List<AllJiraProject> jiraproject = new List<AllJiraProject>();
request = WebRequest.Create(url) as HttpWebRequest;
request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
request.Method = "GET";
request.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate;
request.Headers.Set("Authorization", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(userNamejira + ":" + passwordjira)));
LpResponse lp_response = new LpResponse();
try
{
response = request.GetResponse();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
lp_response.response = reader.ReadToEnd();
jiraproject = (List<AllJiraProject>)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<AllJiraProject>>(lp_response.response.ToString());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
lp_response.error = e;
}
return jiraproject;
The accepted answer uses basic authentication and not a cookie. When requesting the cookie you don't need add any authorization to the headers. This method will accept a json string with the user name and password and the URL. It will return the cookie values.
public async Task<JiraCookie> GetCookieAsync(string myJsonPass, string JiraCookieEndpointUrl)
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
var response = await client.PostAsync(
JiraCookieEndpointUrl,
new StringContent(myJsonPass, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));
var json = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
var jiraCookie= JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JiraCookie>(json);
return jArr;
}
}
public class JiraCookie
{
public Session session { get; set; }
}
public class Session
{
public string name { get; set; }
public string value { get; set; }
}
When I call it using url: http://[baseJiraUrl]/rest/auth/1/session it returns the following JSON response:
{
"session" : -{
"name" : JSESSIONID,
"value" : cookieValue
}
Keep in mind the URL above is valid in the version of JIRA I'm using and may vary depending on which version you're using.
Read the JIRA API documentation for the correct URL for the version you are using.
Check out this answer on how add cookies to your HttpClient request.
How do I set a cookie on HttpClient's HttpRequestMessage
I got it, my code does not have Basic authentication into the header, while API demands the Basic authentication, so i replaced my one line with following two lines.
Replaced line
request.Headers.Set("Authorization", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(userNamejira + ":" + passwordjira)));
Replaced By
byte[] authBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("user:password".ToCharArray());
request.Headers["Authorization"] = "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(authBytes);
Jira has three type of authentications, this one from Basic authentication, it is easy to implement, but i had no idea how to implement authentication from cookie.
I am trying to send the contents of an XML file from a handheld device (Compact Framework/Windows CE) to a Web API method in my server app like so (Client code):
public static string SendXMLFile(string xmlFilepath, string uri, int timeout)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
request.KeepAlive = false;
request.ProtocolVersion = HttpVersion.Version10;
request.Method = "POST";
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(xmlFilepath))
{
String line;
while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
// test to see if it's finding any lines
//MessageBox.Show(line); <= works fine
sb.AppendLine(line);
}
byte[] postBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(sb.ToString());
if (timeout < 0)
{
request.ReadWriteTimeout = timeout;
request.Timeout = timeout;
}
request.ContentLength = postBytes.Length;
request.KeepAlive = false;
request.ContentType = "application/xml";
try
{
Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
requestStream.Write(postBytes, 0, postBytes.Length);
requestStream.Close();
using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
return response.ToString();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("SendXMLFile exception " + ex.Message);
request.Abort();
return string.Empty;
}
}
}
As you can see in the commented out code ("<= works fine"), I've tested it and the data I want is being added to the StringBuilder. There is no exception being thrown (I don't see "SendXMLFile exception ").
However, when the corresponding server code is called:
[Route("api/DeliveryItems/PostArgsAndXMLFileAsStr")]
public async void PostArgsAndXMLFileAsStr([FromBody] string stringifiedXML, string serialNum, string siteNum)
{
string beginningInvoiceNum = string.Empty;
string endingInvoiceNum = string.Empty;
XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(stringifiedXML);
...the "serialNum" and "siteNum" args are as expected (contain the valid expected values) but the body (stringifiedXML) is null. Why?
UPDATE
I added this, too, in the client:
request.ContentLength = postBytes.Length;
// Did the sb get into the byte array?
MessageBox.Show(request.ContentLength.ToString());
...and the byte array does have the data, as it shows me "112" (the XML file is quite small).
UPDATE 2
Now I added yet another debug msg:
try
{
Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
// now test this:
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("requestStream length is {0}", requestStream.Length.ToString()));
requestStream.Write(postBytes, 0, postBytes.Length);
requestStream.Close();
using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
return response.ToString();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("SendXMLFile exception " + ex.Message);
request.Abort();
return string.Empty;
}
...and I don't even see the "requestStream length is" message; instead I see, "SendXMLFileException NotSupportedException"...???
UPDATE 3
I guess this is an example of the Hawthorn Effect or similar. Once I commented out that debug (MessageBox.Show()) statement, I'm back to making it into the server app, but with the [FromBody] val null.
Then the client has the message, "Unable to read data from the transport connection"
UPDATE 4
stringifiedXML is still null here:
public async void PostArgsAndXMLFileAsStr([FromBody] string stringifiedXML, string serialNum, string siteNum)
{
string beginningInvoiceNum = string.Empty;
string endingInvoiceNum = string.Empty;
XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(stringifiedXML);
...even after I modified the code in the client following a response to this question like so:
public static string SendXMLFile(string xmlFilepath, string uri)
{
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("In SendXMLFile() - xmlFilepath == {0}, uri == {1}", xmlFilepath, uri));
string strData = GetDataFromXMLFile();
HttpWebRequest request = CreateRequest(uri, HttpMethods.POST, strData, "application/xml");
request.KeepAlive = false;
request.ProtocolVersion = HttpVersion.Version10;
try
{
using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
return response.GetResponseStream().ToString();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("SendXMLFile exception " + ex.Message);
request.Abort();
return string.Empty;
}
}
private static string GetDataFromXMLFile()
{
// test data - if it works, get the (same, for now) data from the file
return #"<?xml version=1.0?><LocateAndLaunch><Tasks></Tasks><Locations></Locations></LocateAndLaunch>"; //had to remove "s from version num
}
// Based on code from Andy Wiggly (the owner of Wiggly Field in Chicago and the Wiggly chewing gum company?)
public static HttpWebRequest CreateRequest(string uri, HttpMethods method, string data, string contentType)
{
WebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.Create(uri);
request.Method = Enum.ToObject(typeof(HttpMethods), method).ToString();
request.ContentType = contentType;
((HttpWebRequest)request).Accept = contentType;
if (method != HttpMethods.GET && method != HttpMethods.DELETE)
{
Encoding encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
request.ContentLength = encoding.GetByteCount(data);
request.ContentType = contentType;
request.GetRequestStream().Write(
encoding.GetBytes(data), 0, (int)request.ContentLength);
request.GetRequestStream().Close();
}
else
{
// If we're doing a GET or DELETE don't bother with this
request.ContentLength = 0;
}
// Finally, return the newly created request to the caller.
return request as HttpWebRequest;
}
Note: I don't know if this is just a misleading side-effect of shutting down the server, but I subsequently saw this err msg in the client/handheld app:
"System.Net.ProtocolVi..."
"This operation cannot be performed after the request has been submitted."
UPDATE 5
For those wanting a Stack Trace, &c:
serNum and siteNum are simple values that get concatenated into the uri like so:
string uri = string.Format("http://192.168.125.50:28642/api/FileTransfer/GetHHSetupUpdate?serialNum={0}&clientVersion={1}", serNum, clientVer);
I tried to get the Stack Trace like so:
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("Msg = {0}; StackTrace = {1)", ex.Message, ex.StackTrace));
request.Abort();
return string.Empty;
}
...but now I'm only seeing, "This operation cannot be performed after the request has been submitted."
UPDATE 6
I changed the method signature to this:
public static HttpWebResponse SendXMLFile(string xmlFilepath, string uri)
...and the corresponding code to this:
try
{
using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
return response;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("Msg = {0}; StackTrace = {1)", ex.Message, ex.StackTrace));
request.Abort();
return null;
}
...but it made no difference (and I see no "StackTrave = " message, so it must be failing erstwheres)
UPDATE 7
I put two debug strings in:
0)
public static HttpWebRequest CreateRequestNoCredentials(string uri, HttpMethods method, string data, string contentType)
{
//test:
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("In CreateRequestNoCredentials(); data passed in = {0}", data));
1) In SendXMLFile():
//test:
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("After calling CreateRequestNoCredentials(), request contentLen = {0}, headers = {1}, requestUri = {2}",
request.ContentLength, request.Headers, request.RequestUri));
...and I see this:
...but then before the second one gets a chance to show me the gory details, the server receives the null body value, crashes thuswith, and then the client whin[g]es with the same old "This operation cannot be performed after the request has been submitted" complaint.
UPDATE 8
In response to the suggestion, "I suspect that if you remove the setting of KeepAlive and ProtocolVersion after the CreateRequest call, the exception will go away.", I changed my code from this:
HttpWebRequest request = CreateRequestNoCredentials(uri, HttpMethods.POST, strData, "application/xml");
//test:
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("After calling CreateRequestNoCredentials(), request contentLen = {0}, headers = {1}, requestUri = {2}",
request.ContentLength, request.Headers, request.RequestUri));
request.KeepAlive = false;
request.ProtocolVersion = HttpVersion.Version10;
public static HttpWebRequest CreateRequestNoCredentials(string uri, HttpMethods method, string data, string contentType)
{
//test:
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("In CreateRequestNoCredentials(); data passed in = {0}", data));
WebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.Create(uri);
request.Method = Enum.ToObject(typeof(HttpMethods), method).ToString();
request.ContentType = contentType;
((HttpWebRequest)request).Accept = contentType;
if (method != HttpMethods.GET && method != HttpMethods.DELETE)
{
Encoding encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
request.ContentLength = encoding.GetByteCount(data);
request.ContentType = contentType;
request.GetRequestStream().Write(
encoding.GetBytes(data), 0, (int)request.ContentLength);
request.GetRequestStream().Close();
}
else
{
// If we're doing a GET or DELETE don't bother with this
request.ContentLength = 0;
}
// Finally, return the newly created request to the caller.
return request as HttpWebRequest;
}
...to this:
HttpWebRequest request = CreateRequestNoCredentials(uri, HttpMethods.POST, strData, "application/xml");
//test:
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("After calling CreateRequestNoCredentials(), request contentLen = {0}, headers = {1}, requestUri = {2}",
request.ContentLength, request.Headers, request.RequestUri));
public static HttpWebRequest CreateRequestNoCredentials(string uri, HttpMethods method, string data, string contentType)
{
//test:
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("In CreateRequestNoCredentials(); data passed in = {0}", data));
WebRequest request = HttpWebRequest.Create(uri);
request.Method = Enum.ToObject(typeof(HttpMethods), method).ToString();
request.ContentType = contentType;
((HttpWebRequest)request).Accept = contentType;
// moved from elsewhere to here:
((HttpWebRequest)request).KeepAlive = false;
((HttpWebRequest)request).ProtocolVersion = HttpVersion.Version10;
if (method != HttpMethods.GET && method != HttpMethods.DELETE)
{
Encoding encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
request.ContentLength = encoding.GetByteCount(data);
request.ContentType = contentType;
request.GetRequestStream().Write(
encoding.GetBytes(data), 0, (int)request.ContentLength);
request.GetRequestStream().Close();
}
else
{
// If we're doing a GET or DELETE don't bother with this
request.ContentLength = 0;
}
// Finally, return the newly created request to the caller.
return request as HttpWebRequest;
}
...and yet I still get that same err msg ("This operation cannot be performed after the request has been submitted") and stringifiedXML is still null when it hits the server.
UPDATE 9
Here is what I get when I send what I understand to be what I should via Fiddler 2 (right-click the image and open in a new tab if you don't have visual superpowers):
...but I don't know what I'm looking at...did it work? Did it fail? The "body == 0" column gives me pause/makes me think it failed, yet "204" seems to mean "The server successfully processed the request, but is not returning any content"...
UPDATE 10
Here is the Fiddler scream shot after fixing the uri, and I do reach the breakpoint in the server app, with good data sent:
UPDATE 11
With changing this code:
string strData = sb.ToString();
HttpWebRequest request = CreateRequestNoCredentials(uri, HttpMethods.POST, strData, "application/xml");
...to this:
string strData = #sb.ToString(); // GetDataFromXMLFile();
string body = String.Format("\"{0}\"", strData);
HttpWebRequest request = CreateRequestNoCredentials(uri, HttpMethods.POST, body, "application/json");
...I'm now getting this in stringifiedXML: "
...and so I'm now getting: "System.Xml.XmlException was unhandled by user code
HResult=-2146232000
Message=Unexpected end of file has occurred. Line 1, position 15..."
It's an improvement, anyway...
UPDATE 12
Depending on the exact makeup/formatting of the string passed as "Request Body" in Fiddle, the results differ radically.
With this as Request Body:
<?xml version="1.0"?><LocateAndLaunch><Tasks></Tasks><Locations></Locations></LocateAndLaunch>
...stringifiedXML is null
With this as Request Body:
"<?xml version=1.0?><LocateAndLaunch><Tasks></Tasks><Locations></Locations></LocateAndLaunch>"
...stringifiedXML is exactly the same ("")
...but there is an exception:
System.Xml.XmlException was unhandled by user code
HResult=-2146232000
Message='1.0' is an unexpected token. The expected token is '"' or '''. Line 1, position 15.
Source=System.Xml
LineNumber=1
LinePosition=15
SourceUri=""
StackTrace:
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String[] args)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowUnexpectedToken(String expectedToken1, String expectedToken2)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseXmlDeclaration(Boolean isTextDecl)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(XmlReader reader, LoadOptions options)
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Parse(String text, LoadOptions options)
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Parse(String text)
at HandheldServer.Controllers.DeliveryItemsController.d__2.MoveNext() in c:\HandheldServer\HandheldServer
\Controllers\DeliveryItemsController.cs:line 63
InnerException:
With this as Request Body:
"<?xml version="1.0"?><LocateAndLaunch><Tasks></Tasks><Locations></Locations></LocateAndLaunch>"
...stringifiedXML is "
Penultimately, with this as Request Body:
"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><LocateAndLaunch><Tasks></Tasks><Locations></Locations></LocateAndLaunch>"
...stringifiedXML is exactly the same thing ("")
...but I get this exception:
System.InvalidOperationException was unhandled by user code
HResult=-2146233079
Message=Sequence contains no elements
Source=System.Core
StackTrace:
at System.Linq.Enumerable.First[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
at HandheldServer.Controllers.DeliveryItemsController.d__2.MoveNext() in c:\HandheldServer\HandheldServer\Controllers\DeliveryItemsController.cs:line 109
InnerException:
And finally, if I pass this, with (albeit bogus) vals within the angulars:
"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><LocateAndLaunch><Tasks>Some Task</Tasks><Locations>Some Location</Locations></LocateAndLaunch>"
...I STILL get "sequence contains no elements"
This method is more picky than Rachel Canning! What does it want - egg in its beer?!?
UPDATE 13
With this code:
public async void PostArgsAndXMLFileAsStr([FromBody] string stringifiedXML, string serialNum, string siteNum)
{
XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(await Request.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
...or this:
. . .XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(await Request.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync());
...and this as the incoming stringifiedXML:
"Some TaskSome Location"
...I get the exception:
"System.Xml.XmlException was unhandled by user code
HResult=-2146232000
Message=Root element is missing."
With this code (same stringifiedXML):
XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(stringifiedXML);
... I get, "System.InvalidOperationException was unhandled by user code
HResult=-2146233079
Message=Sequence contains no elements
Source=System.Core
StackTrace:
at System.Linq.Enumerable.First[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
at HandheldServer.Controllers.DeliveryItemsController.d__2.MoveNext() in c:\HandheldServer\HandheldServer
\Controllers\DeliveryItemsController.cs:line 109
InnerException: "
IOW, depending on how I parse the incoming string, I get either "Root element is missing" or "Sequence contains no elements"
What the Deuce McAlistair MacLean Virginia Weeper?!? Isn't "<LocateAndLaunch>" a root element? Aren't "Some Task" and "Some Location" elements?
For the action method like this
public async void PostArgsAndXMLFileAsStr([FromBody] string stringifiedXML,
string serialNum, string siteNum)
{}
the request message must be like this. I use JSON here.
POST http://localhost:port/api/values/PostArgsAndXMLFileAsStr?serialNum=1&siteNum=2 HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Host: localhost:port
Content-Length: 94
"<?xml version=1.0?><LocateAndLaunch><Tasks></Tasks><Locations></Locations></LocateAndLaunch>"
The request body needs to contain the double quotes, BTW. With this, binding should work correctly.
So, post the message with content type application/json and format the body like this.
string content = #"<?xml version=1.0?><LocateAndLaunch><Tasks></Tasks><Locations></Locations></LocateAndLaunch>";
string body = String.Format("\"{0}\"", content);
Before, you change anything in the client side code, use Fiddler to send a POST like the one above to ensure it works in the web API side. After that, change your client side to make sure it outputs the request just the working request with Fiddler.