For starters, here's my code:
// Create a request using a URL that can receive a post.
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://mydomain.com/cms/csharptest.php");
request.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("myUser", "myPass");
// Set the Method property of the request to POST.
request.Method = "POST";
// Create POST data and convert it to a byte array.
string postData = "name=PersonName&age=25";
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);
// Set the ContentType property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// Set the ContentLength property of the WebRequest.
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
// Get the request stream.
Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
// Write the data to the request stream.
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
// Close the Stream object.
dataStream.Close();
// Get the response.
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
// Display the status.
Console.WriteLine((response).StatusDescription);
// Get the stream containing content returned by the server.
dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();
// Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
// Read the content.
string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
// Display the content.
Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer);
// Clean up the streams.
reader.Close();
dataStream.Close();
response.Close();
The directory cms/ requires authentication, but if I try running this same code somewhere, where authentication isn't needed, it works fine. The error (System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden) occurs at HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
I have managed in reading data after authenticating, but not if I also send POST data. What's wrong with this?
