I have this code:
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("https://getpocket.com/v3/oauth/request");
request.Proxy = WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy;
request.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials; ;
request.Proxy.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
request.Method = "POST";
string postData = "{\"consumer_key\":\"keyIsHere\",\"redirect_uri\":\"pickpocket:authorizationFinished\"}";
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postData);
request.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
dataStream.Close();
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
Console.WriteLine(responseFromServer);
It returns code=12345456787blahblah
instead of the JSON response: {"code":"12345456787blahblah"}
and I can't figure out why. I got the POST request/response code from MSDN and the correct request data from the Pocket API
You need to add the X-Accept
header:
request.Headers["X-Accept"] = "application/json";
From the API docs: "The X-Accept header indicates the format you would like to receive the response, the Pocket Authentication API supports two formats: application/x-www-form-urlencoded (DEFAULT)
and application/json"