Http post call in windows phone 8 - windows-phone-8

Question

I'm new to windows phone 8 development.
Could you please help me how to send the xml data to the server through http post calls in windows phone 8?
Thanks

Answer 1

This is a sample code I used in my project. Modify according to your needs
HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("url to submit to");
req.Method = "POST";
//Add a Header something like this
//req.Headers["SOAPAction"] = "http://asp.net/ApplicationServices/v200/AuthenticationService/Login";
req.ContentType = "text/xml; charset=utf-8";
//req.UserAgent = "PHP-SOAP/5.2.6";
string xmlData = #"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""UTF-8""?>Your xml data";
// Convert the string into a byte array.
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlData);
req.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.ContentLength] = byteArray.Length.ToString();
req.BeginGetRequestStream(ar =>
{
using (var requestStream = req.EndGetRequestStream(ar))
{
// Write the body of your request here
requestStream.Write(byteArray, 0, xmlData.Length);
}
req.BeginGetResponse(a =>
{
try
{
var response = req.EndGetResponse(a);
var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();
using (var streamRead = new StreamReader(responseStream))
{
// Parse the response message here
string responseString = streamRead.ReadToEnd();
//If response is also XML document, parse it like this
XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Parse(responseString);
string result = xdoc.Root.Value;
if (result == "true")
{
//Do something here
}
else
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() =>
{
//result failed
MessageBox.Show("Some error msg");
});
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() =>
{
//if any unexpected exception occurs, show the exception message
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
});
}
}, null);
}, null);