I am creating a web request of type POST but the converted JSON is not in the correct format. Below is my function:
Public Function CreateWebRequestPOST(ByVal strURL As String, objInput As Object) As JArray
Try
'Serialize the posted data & convert to bytes
Dim inputJson = (New JavaScriptSerializer()).Serialize(objInput)
Dim bytes As Byte() = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(inputJson)
Dim request As HttpWebRequest = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(strURL), HttpWebRequest)
request.Method = "POST"
request.ContentType = "application/json"
request.Accept = "application/json"
request.ContentLength = bytes.Length
request.Expect = "application/json"
request.GetRequestStream().Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
Dim username = "username"
Dim password = "passoword"
request.Credentials = New NetworkCredential(username, password)
Using response As HttpWebResponse = DirectCast(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
Dim reader As StreamReader
Dim rawresp As String
reader = New StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())
rawresp = reader.ReadToEnd()
Dim array As JArray = JArray.Parse(rawresp)
reader.Close()
response.Close()
Return array
End Using
Catch ex As Exception
Dim empty As New JArray
Return empty
End Try
End Function
The Object I am sending in the parameter is as follows:
Dim objReq As New RequestBodyList
Dim orderlist As New OrderList
orderlist.currency = "test"
orderlist.id = "test"
orderlist.amount = 100
objReq.apiOperation = "some_action"
objReq.order = orderlist
Dim response = main.CreateWebRequestPOST("some_URL", objReq)
Public Class RequestBodyList
Public Property apiOperation() As String
Public Property order() As New OrderList
End Class
Public Class OrderList
Public Property currency() As String
Public Property id() As String
Public Property amount() As Integer
End Class
Below is a sample output for the inputJSON
variable:
"{""apiOperation"":""Some_action"",""order"":{""currency"":""USD"",""id"":""test1234"",""amount"":100}}"
It looks like the converted JSON is not a correct format. What was done wrong here? What caused the double quotes to appear?
This is how the Request body should be sent:
Request body (JSON object)
{
"apiOperation": "some_action",
"order": {
"currency": "USD",
"id": "some_order_id" ,
"amount": 50
}
}
Public Function CreateWebRequestPOST(ByVal strURL As String, objInput As Object) As JObject
Try
'Serialize the posted data & convert to bytes
Dim inputJson = (New JavaScriptSerializer()).Serialize(objInput)
Dim bytes As Byte() = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(inputJson)
Dim request As HttpWebRequest = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(strURL), HttpWebRequest)
request.Method = "POST"
request.ContentType = "application/json"
request.Accept = "application/json"
request.ContentLength = bytes.Length
request.Expect = "application/json"
request.GetRequestStream().Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
Dim username = "username"
Dim password = "passoword"
request.Credentials = New NetworkCredential(username, password)
Using response As HttpWebResponse = DirectCast(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)
Dim reader As StreamReader
Dim rawresp As String
reader = New StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())
rawresp = reader.ReadToEnd()
Dim array As JObject = JObject.Parse(rawresp)
reader.Close()
response.Close()
Return array
End Using
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Function
Ended up realizing that the return type should be of type Object and not Jarray.